Willow

wil′ō, n. any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, having slender, pliant branches: the wood of the willow: a cricket-bat.— v.t. to beat with willow rods, as in cleaning cotton, .— adj. Will′owed , abounding with, or containing, willows.— n. Will′ow-herb , a perennial herb ( Epilobium ) of the evening primrose family—also Rose-bay , Bay-willow , French or Persian willow .— adj. Will′owish , like a willow, slender and supple.— ns. Will′ow-machine′ , a machine for extracting dirt from hemp, cotton, .—also Will′ow ; Will′ow-moth , a common British night-moth; Will′ow-war′bler , -wren , a small European sylviine bird; Will′ow-weed , one of various species of Polygonum or knot-weed: the purple loose-strife.— adj. Will′owy , abounding in willows: flexible, graceful.— n. Weep′ing-will′ow , a very ornamental species, a native of the East, much planted in Britain on account of its beautiful pendent twigs.— Bedford willow , a species whose bark is especially rich in salicin and in tannin; White , or Hunting don , willow , the largest of British species, reaching a height of eighty feet. [A.S. welig ; Low Ger. wilge , Dut. wilg .]