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Cornus stolonifera
(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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Cornus stolonifera
(gcide) | Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
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cornus stolonifera
(wn) | Cornus stolonifera
n 1: common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and
white flowers [syn: red osier, red osier dogwood, {red
dogwood}, American dogwood, redbrush, {Cornus
stolonifera}] |
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Cornus stolonifera
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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]Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
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