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 Definitions of Willow  [ˈwɪl oʊ]  

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Definition of 'Willow' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) willow
any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, of the willow family, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc.

2.  willow
the wood of any of these trees.

3.  willow
something, esp. a cricket bat, made of willow wood.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME wilwe, wilghe, OE welig, c. OS wilgia, MLG wilge)

Definition of 'Willow' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) willow, willow tree
any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

2. (noun) willow
a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers


Definition of 'Willow' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) willow
a tree with branches that hang to the ground


Definition of 'Willow' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Willow
any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow

2. (noun) Willow
a machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil

3. (verb) Willow
to open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2


Translation of 'Willow' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of tree with long, slender branches.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wilge Arabic flag Arabic: صَفْصاف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: върба
Brazilian flag Brazilian: salgueiro Czech flag Czech: vrba German flag German: die Weide
Danish flag Danish: piletræ Greek flag Greek: ιτιά Spanish flag Spanish: sauce
Estonian flag Estonian: paju Farsi flag Farsi: درخت بید Finnish flag Finnish: paju
French flag French: saule Hebrew flag Hebrew: עֲרָבָה Hindi flag Hindi: बेदमजनूं
Croatian flag Croatian: vrba Hungarian flag Hungarian: fűz(fa) Indonesian flag Indonesian: pohon willow
Icelandic flag Icelandic: víðir, pílviður Italian flag Italian: salice Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 버드나무 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gluosnis Latvian flag Latvian: vītols
Malay flag Malay: pokok willow Dutch flag Dutch: wilg Norwegian flag Norwegian: pil(etre)
Polish flag Polish: wierzba Persian flag Persian: درخت بید Pashto flag Pashto: وله، دولى لرګى، دولى نه ج
Portuguese flag Portuguese: salgueiro Romanian flag Romanian: salcie Russian flag Russian: ива
Slovak flag Slovak: vŕba Slovenian flag Slovenian: vrba Serbian flag Serbian: vrba
Swedish flag Swedish: pil Thai flag Thai: ต้นวิลโลว์ Turkish flag Turkish: söğüt (ağacı)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 柳樹 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: верба Urdu flag Urdu: بید کا درخت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây liễu Chinese flag Chinese: 柳树

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