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Salix
(gcide) | Salix \Sa"lix\, n.; pl. Salices. [L., the willow.] (Bot.)
(a) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier,
and the like, growing usually in wet grounds.
(b) A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
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salix
(wn) | Salix
n 1: a large and widespread genus varying in size from small
shrubs to large trees: willows [syn: Salix, {genus
Salix}] |
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Salix amygdalina
(gcide) | Almond \Alm"ond\ ([aum]"m[u^]nd), n. [OE. almande, almaunde,
alemaunde, F. amande, L. amygdala, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh: cf.
Sp. almendra. Cf. Amygdalate.]
1. The fruit of the almond tree.
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Note: The different kinds, as bitter, sweet, thin-shelled,
thick-shelled almonds, and Jordan almonds, are the
products of different varieties of the one species,
Amygdalus communis, a native of the Mediterranean
region and western Asia.
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2. The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
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3. Anything shaped like an almond. Specifically: (Anat.) One
of the tonsils.
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Almond oil, fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter
almonds.
Oil of bitter almonds, a poisonous volatile oil obtained
from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation;
benzoic aldehyde.
Imitation oil of bitter almonds, nitrobenzene.
Almond tree (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.
Almond willow (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of
a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow ({Salix
amygdalina}). --Shenstone.
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Salix babylonica
(gcide) | Weeping willow \Weep"ing wil"low\ (Bot.)
a tree (Salix babylonica) of the willow family with slender
leaves, native to China, whose branches grow very long and
slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly. It grows best
where soil is moist, as by the banks of streams and is widely
cultivated as an ornamental tree.
Syn: Babylonian weeping willow. [PJC] |
Salix caprea
(gcide) | Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[a^]l"l[-o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin
to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail,
saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
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And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes.
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The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow,
especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as
Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc.
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Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae
rhamnoides}) much like an Elaeagnus. The yellow berries
are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords
a yellow dye.
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Salix cinerea
(gcide) | Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[a^]l"l[-o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin
to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail,
saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
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And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes.
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The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow,
especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as
Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc.
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Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae
rhamnoides}) much like an Elaeagnus. The yellow berries
are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords
a yellow dye.
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Salix discolor
(gcide) | Pussy \Pussy\, n. [Dim. of puss.]
1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.
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2. A catkin of the pussy willow.
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3. The game of tipcat; -- also called pussy cat.
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Pussy willow (Bot.), any kind of willow having large
cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs,
especially the American Salix discolor; -- called also
glaucous willow, and swamp willow.
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Salix Helix
(gcide) | Helicin \Hel"i*cin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by
partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow (Salix Helix of
Linn[ae]us.)
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Salix rubra
(gcide) | Osier \O"sier\, n. [F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil,
aozil, Gr. ?, ?, ?, L. vitex, and E. withy.] (Bot.)
(a) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet
places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North
America. It is considered the best of the willows for
basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind
of willow.
(b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of
other similar plants.
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The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream.
--Shak.
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Osier bed, or Osier holt, a place where willows are grown
for basket making. [Eng.]
Red osier.
(a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra).
(b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has
slender red branches; -- also called osier cornel.
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Salix tristis
(gcide) | Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
Safe.] (Bot.)
(a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with
grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b) The sagebrush.
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Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia
(Salvia pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe.
Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
are added to the milk.
Sage cock (Zool.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more
general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
of garden sage.
Sage grouse (Zool.), a very large American grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush
plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
plains}. The male is called sage cock, and the female
sage hen.
Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zool.), a species of hare
(Lepus Nuttalli syn. Lepus artemisia) which inhabits
the arid regions of Western North America and lives among
sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
Sage hen (Zool.), the female of the sage grouse.
Sage sparrow (Zool.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli,
var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the
Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
Sage thrasher (Zool.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
North America.
Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis)
forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
leaves.
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Salix viminalis
(gcide) | Osier \O"sier\, n. [F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil,
aozil, Gr. ?, ?, ?, L. vitex, and E. withy.] (Bot.)
(a) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet
places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North
America. It is considered the best of the willows for
basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind
of willow.
(b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of
other similar plants.
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The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream.
--Shak.
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Osier bed, or Osier holt, a place where willows are grown
for basket making. [Eng.]
Red osier.
(a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra).
(b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has
slender red branches; -- also called osier cornel.
[1913 Webster]Withy \With"y\, n.; pl. Withies. [OE. withe, wipi, AS.
w[imac]?ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow,
OHG. w[imac]da, Icel. v[imac]?ja, a withy, Sw. vide a willow
twig, Dan. vidie a willow, osier, Gr. ?, and probably to L.
vitis a vine, viere to plait, Russ. vite. [root]141. Cf.
Wine, Withe.]
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1. (Bot.) The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier,
n.
(a) .
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2. A withe. See Withe, 1.
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genus salix
(wn) | genus Salix
n 1: a large and widespread genus varying in size from small
shrubs to large trees: willows [syn: Salix, {genus
Salix}] |
salix
(wn) | Salix
n 1: a large and widespread genus varying in size from small
shrubs to large trees: willows [syn: Salix, {genus
Salix}] |
salix alba
(wn) | Salix alba
n 1: large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having
greyish canescent leaves and grey bark [syn: {white
willow}, Huntingdon willow, Salix alba] |
salix alba caerulea
(wn) | Salix alba caerulea
n 1: Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending
branches [syn: cricket-bat willow, Salix alba caerulea] |
salix alba sericea
(wn) | Salix alba sericea
n 1: North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves
that usually blacken in drying [syn: silver willow,
silky willow, Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea] |
salix alba vitellina
(wn) | Salix alba vitellina
n 1: European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange
twigs used in basketry [syn: golden willow, {Salix alba
vitellina}, Salix vitellina] |
salix amygdalina
(wn) | Salix amygdalina
n 1: Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use
in basketry [syn: almond willow, black Hollander,
Salix triandra, Salix amygdalina] |
salix amygdaloides
(wn) | Salix amygdaloides
n 1: willow of the western United States with leaves like those
of peach or almond trees [syn: peachleaf willow, {peach-
leaved willow}, almond-leaves willow, {Salix
amygdaloides}] |
salix arctica
(wn) | Salix arctica
n 1: low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America [syn:
arctic willow, Salix arctica] |
salix babylonica
(wn) | Salix babylonica
n 1: willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves
native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental [syn:
weeping willow, Babylonian weeping willow, {Salix
babylonica}] |
salix blanda
(wn) | Salix blanda
n 1: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit [syn:
Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, {Salix
blanda}, Salix pendulina blanda] |
salix candida
(wn) | Salix candida
n 1: North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves [syn:
hoary willow, sage willow, Salix candida] |
salix caprea
(wn) | Salix caprea
n 1: much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and
relatively large broad leaves [syn: goat willow,
florist's willow, pussy willow, Salix caprea] |
salix cinerea
(wn) | Salix cinerea
n 1: Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs [syn:
grey willow, gray willow, Salix cinerea] |
salix discolor
(wn) | Salix discolor
n 1: small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves
and silky catkins that come before the leaves [syn: {pussy
willow}, Salix discolor] |
salix fragilis
(wn) | Salix fragilis
n 1: large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily
broken [syn: crack willow, brittle willow, {snap
willow}, Salix fragilis] |
salix herbacea
(wn) | Salix herbacea
n 1: widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially
underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
[syn: dwarf willow, Salix herbacea] |
salix humilis
(wn) | Salix humilis
n 1: slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America [syn:
prairie willow, Salix humilis] |
salix lasiolepis
(wn) | Salix lasiolepis
n 1: shrubby willow of the western United States [syn: {arroyo
willow}, Salix lasiolepis] |
salix lucida
(wn) | Salix lucida
n 1: common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
[syn: shining willow, Salix lucida] |
salix nigra
(wn) | Salix nigra
n 1: North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear
leaves growing close to streams and lakes [syn: {swamp
willow}, black willow, Salix nigra] |
salix pendulina
(wn) | Salix pendulina
n 1: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit [syn:
Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, {Salix
blanda}, Salix pendulina blanda] |
salix pendulina blanda
(wn) | Salix pendulina blanda
n 1: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit [syn:
Wisconsin weeping willow, Salix pendulina, {Salix
blanda}, Salix pendulina blanda] |
salix pentandra
(wn) | Salix pentandra
n 1: European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely
naturalized in the eastern United States [syn: {bay
willow}, laurel willow, Salix pentandra] |
salix purpurea
(wn) | Salix purpurea
n 1: Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich
in tannin [syn: purple willow, red willow, red osier,
basket willow, purple osier, Salix purpurea] |
salix pyrifolia
(wn) | Salix pyrifolia
n 1: small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves
exuding an odor of balsam when crushed [syn: {balsam
willow}, Salix pyrifolia] |
salix repens
(wn) | Salix repens
n 1: small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling
branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties
are cultivated [syn: creeping willow, Salix repens] |
salix sericea
(wn) | Salix sericea
n 1: North American willow with greyish silky pubescent leaves
that usually blacken in drying [syn: silver willow,
silky willow, Salix alba sericea, Salix sericea] |
salix sitchensis
(wn) | Salix sitchensis
n 1: small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to
Oregon) [syn: Sitka willow, silky willow, {Salix
sitchensis}] |
salix triandra
(wn) | Salix triandra
n 1: Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use
in basketry [syn: almond willow, black Hollander,
Salix triandra, Salix amygdalina] |
salix tristis
(wn) | Salix tristis
n 1: willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States
having long narrow leaves canescent beneath [syn: {dwarf
grey willow}, dwarf gray willow, sage willow, {Salix
tristis}] |
salix uva-ursi
(wn) | Salix uva-ursi
n 1: dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine
regions of North America and Greenland having deep green
elliptic leaves that taper toward the base [syn: {bearberry
willow}, Salix uva-ursi] |
salix viminalis
(wn) | Salix viminalis
n 1: willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry [syn:
common osier, hemp willow, velvet osier, {Salix
viminalis}] |
salix vitellina
(wn) | Salix vitellina
n 1: European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange
twigs used in basketry [syn: golden willow, {Salix alba
vitellina}, Salix vitellina] |
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