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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: red osier
red osier
n 1: common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and
white flowers [syn:
red osier dogwood,
red dogwood,
American dogwood,
redbrush,
Cornus stolonifera]
2: Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich
in tannin [syn:
purple willow,
red willow,
basket willow
,
purple osier,
Salix purpurea]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Red osier
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.
[1913 Webster]
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]
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