Definition of Basket willow

1. Noun. Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin.

Exact synonyms: Purple Osier, Purple Willow, Red Osier, Red Willow, Salix Purpurea
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Osier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basket Willow

basket cases
basket cell
basket fern
basket fish
basket flower
basket hilt
basket house
basket oak
basket rummy
basket spikemoss
basket star
basket stars
basket toss
basket tosses
basket weave
basket willow (current term)
basket work
basketane
basketball
basketball backboard
basketball clinic
basketball coach
basketball court
basketball courts
basketball equipment
basketball game
basketball hoop
basketball hoops
basketball league
basketball play

Literary usage of Basket willow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1852)
"THE CULTIVATION OF basket willow IN THE UNITED STATES. We cheerfully give place to the subjoined letter of Mr. WATSON G. HAYNES, known throughout the ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"The Liverpool shops use over 3000 tons of basket willow stock which is 75 per ... About n year ago basket willow stock was bringing from $20 to $2") per ton ..."

3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"ABR basket willow Culture. By George N. Lamb. Farmers' Bull. ... According to this bulletin, the most difficult problem in basket willow culture in America ..."

4. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"The most vigorous-growing basket willow is, unquestionably, ... Completely draining the site of a basket willow plantation is the first step towards its ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"THE basket willow. THE culture and manufacture of basket willow have not attained in the United States the degree of perfection and profit that mark the ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"THE CULTIVATION OF basket willow IJf THE UNITED STATES. We cheerfully give place to the subjoined letter of Mr. WATSON G. HAYNES, well known throughout the ..."

7. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1869)
"EUROPEAN basket willow. Being one of the first to introduce into this State the European basket willow, and believing that when its cultivation is properly ..."

8. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"1 See also "The basket willow" (United States Forest Service, Bulletin No. ... 155, 1909); " basket willow Culture," Lamb (United States Department of ..."

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