Definition of Purple willow

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Willow

purple poppy mallow
purple prose
purple rock brake
purple sage
purple sandpiper
purple sanicle
purple saxifrage
purple silkweed
purple state
purple strawberry guava
purple swamphen
purple swamphens
purple trillium
purple velvet plant
purple virgin's bower
purple willow (current term)
purple yam
purpled
purpleheart
purplehearts
purplely
purpleness
purpler
purples
purplest
purplewood
purplewoods
purplier
purpliest
purpling

Literary usage of Purple willow

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

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver, Mary Frances (Ewart) Macdonald, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"The purple willow (Salix purpurea) is just beginning to bloom. The pistillate flowers already display mature stigmas; but the staminate flowers are still ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The staminate flowers of the Osier (Salix viminalis), on the other hand, growing in the same clump with the purple willow, are in their prime. ..."

3. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"purple willow.—Experiments have shown that this species is the most valuable and profitable for osiers in this country. With good ordinary culture its ..."

4. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"... purple willow herb 3x ; water 1 pint ; boil for 15 minutes. DECOCTION OF QUINCE SEEDS. Syn. DEC. ..."

5. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1857)
"The purple willow they consider the only one worth their culture. Those who choose a handsome jield and an extra growth, must give them extra care and a ..."

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