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basket willow

basket willow noun: a tree of species Salix purpurea (purple willow) or Salix viminalis (common osier).

basket willow: a tree of species Salix purpurea (purple willow) or Salix viminalis (common osier)
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Noun

basket willow (countable and uncountable, plural basket willows)

  1. (countable) A tree of species Salix purpurea (purple willow) or Salix viminalis (common osier).
  2. (uncountable) Wood or the flexible twigs of such trees.

Forms of basket willow

pluralbasket willows

Questions about basket willow

What does basket willow mean?
Basket willow means a tree of species Salix purpurea (purple willow) or Salix viminalis (common osier).
What part of speech is basket willow?
Basket willow is a noun.
What is the plural of basket willow?
The plural of basket willow is basket willows.

Words near basket willow in the dictionary

  1. basket trade
  2. basket trades
  3. basket weave
  4. basket weaves
  5. basket weaving
  6. basket willow
  7. basket willows
  8. basket work
  9. basket works
  10. basket-house
  11. basket-houses

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