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Definition of Purple osier
1. Noun. Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin.
Group relationships: Genus Salix, Salix
Generic synonyms: Osier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Osier
Literary usage of Purple osier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"purple osier. Fig. 3526. A shrub or small tree, spreading at base, with long,
flexible branches: Ivs. oblanceolate, serrulate, ..."
2. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"purple osier. River-banks and osier-beds, from Perth and Isla southwards; doubtfully
S. n'bra, Huds., a common osier-bed shrub, often becoming a tree 10 ft. ..."
3. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"purple osier. Eiver-banks and osier-beds, from Perth and Isla southwards;
doubtfully <S. n'bra, Huds., a common osier-bed shrub, often becoming a tree 10ft. ..."
4. Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants: Based on the French by William Botting Hemsley, Joseph Decaisne (1873)
"purple osier.—A small indigenous shrub with reddish or purple bark. Leaves often
opposite, glabrous, lanceolate, serrulate, glaucous beneath. ..."
5. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"... the purple osier, with red or purple bark ; and S. vitellina L., the Golden
Osier, with yellow bark. Other species are treated as pollards, ..."
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