Definition of Salix viminalis

1. Noun. Willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry.

Exact synonyms: Common Osier, Hemp Willow, Velvet Osier
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Osier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salix Viminalis

Salix humilis
Salix lasiolepis
Salix lucida
Salix nigra
Salix pendulina
Salix pendulina blanda
Salix pentandra
Salix purpurea
Salix pyrifolia
Salix repens
Salix sericea
Salix sitchensis
Salix triandra
Salix tristis
Salix uva-ursi
Salix viminalis (current term)
Salix vitellina
Salk
Salla disease
Sallie
Sally
Sally Ann
Sally Army
Sally Lunn
Salmacis
Salman Rushdie
Salmanazar
Salmanazars
Salmo
Salmo gairdneri

Literary usage of Salix viminalis

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 (1902)
"The hairs in Salix Caprea measure 0-8 mm., in Salix viminalis 0'3 mm., and in Salix acuminata, their offspring, 0'5 mm. Whenever one stock is glabrous and ..."

2. Trees: A Handbook of Forest-botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory by Harry Marshall Ward, Percy Groom (1904)
"... &c., are often greenish, and the brown-green of the Spindle Tree carries us to the olive shades—eg the brown-grey-olive of Salix viminalis. ..."

3. Acta Soc. Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica by Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (1902)
"Das Gesagte gilt besonders von der typischen Salix viminalis; die übrigen Formen schienen weniger wählerisch in Betreff der Standorte zu sein. ..."

4. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1903)
"i lowing varieties are recommended: Salix amygdalina, Salix purpurea, Salix viminalis. All of these are'in demand by basket- makers, as they are all pliable ..."

5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The hairs in Salix Caprea measure 0-8 mm., in Salix viminalis 0'3 mm., and in Salix acuminata, their offspring, 0'5 mm. Whenever one stock is glabrous and ..."

6. Trees: A Handbook of Forest-botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory by Harry Marshall Ward, Percy Groom (1904)
"... &c., are often greenish, and the brown-green of the Spindle Tree carries us to the olive shades—eg the brown-grey-olive of Salix viminalis. ..."

7. Acta Soc. Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica by Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (1902)
"Das Gesagte gilt besonders von der typischen Salix viminalis; die übrigen Formen schienen weniger wählerisch in Betreff der Standorte zu sein. ..."

8. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1903)
"i lowing varieties are recommended: Salix amygdalina, Salix purpurea, Salix viminalis. All of these are'in demand by basket- makers, as they are all pliable ..."

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