Any of several willows with tough pliant branches used in basketwork, esp. Salix viminalis; (also) a flexible branch of any of these willows. Also…

A withy or willow. Also attributive or adj.

†(a) = red sallow n. (b) (obsolete); (b) English regional amphibious bistort, Persicaria amphibia (rare).

A species of willow or osier.

An osier (see yolster, n.).

any of several willows (genus Salix) having reddish bark or wood; cf. red sallow n. (b).

(a) purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria (now English regional and rare); (b) any of various willows (genus Salix) having red bark or wood, esp.…

(a) North American (more fully red osier dogwood) a shrubby dogwood with dark red shoots, Cornus stolonifera; †(b) the willow Salix× rubra (obsolete…

? the osier.