Lexic.us

Definition of Red osier

1. Noun. Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Osier

red mercury red mist red morning-glory red mud red mulberry red mullet red muscle red neck syndrome red neuralgia red noise

red nucleus red oak red ochre red onion red onions red osier (current term) red osier dogwood red oxide of lead red oxygen red panda

red pandas red pepper red peppers red periwinkle red phalarope red phosphorus red pimpernel red pine red poll red poppy

Literary usage of Red osier

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

1. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"RED-OSIER DOGWOOD. Cornus stolonifera. Dogwood Family. A shrub from three to six feet high. ... REDOSIER ..."

2. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"The Red-osier Dogwood is common in wet or sandy lowlands and along water courses from Newf. northwest to the Mackenzie River, Can., and south to Washington, ..."

3. Among Country Schools by Olly Jasper Kern (1906)
"(a) red osier, (b) Cornus paniculata. (c) European red osier Dogwood. 78. (a) Mountain Sumac, (b) Rhus glabra. (c) Rhus typhina. 79. Norway Maple. 80. ..."

4. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "First Lessons in by Asa Gray (1880)
"C. sanguínea, EUROPEAN RED-OSIER D. Sometimes planted from Eu. ... C. Stolonifera, WILD RED-OSIER D. Shrub 3°-6° high, in wet places N., spreading by ..."

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