| 单词 | red willow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred willow red willow n. (a) any of several willows (genus Salix) having reddish wood or bark, esp. the polished willow, S. laevigata, of the western United States, and S. fragilis var. sanguinea, a cultivar of the crack willow; (also) the wood or a branch of any of these trees; (b) North American red osier dogwood, Cornus sericea; (see red osier n. (a) at osier n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow red willow1547 water willow1583 goat's willow1597 rose willow1597 sweet willow1597 French willow1601 siler1607 palm-withy1609 sallowie1610 swallowtail willow1626 willow bay1650 black willow1670 crack-willow1670 grey willow1697 water sallow1761 almond willowa1763 swallow-tailed willow1764 swamp willow1765 golden osier1772 golden willow1772 purple willow1773 sand-willow1786 goat willow1787 purple osier1797 whipcord1812 Arctic willow1818 sage-willow1846 pussy willow1851 Kilmarnock willow1854 sweet-bay willow1857 pussy1858 palm willow1869 Spaniard1871 ground-willow1875 Spanish willow1875 snap-willow1880 diamond willow1884 sandbar willow1884 pussy palm1886 creeping willow1894 bat-willow1907 cricket bat willow1907 silver willow1914 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Mer helic, Redde wyllowe. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xvi. 106/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I An anchor was found there neere to a red willow. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. 288 Sometimes in greater faults, to giue three or fowre ierks with a birch, or with a small redde willow where birch cannot be had. 1743 J. Isham Observ. Hudsons Bay (1949) 135 Their is a willow they styl, (misqua pemeque,) or red willow, which makes an Excellent Dye upon bone, Ivory, Quils, or cloth &c. 1824 J. Doddridge Notes Virginia & Pennsylv. 26 Before the use of tobacco, the Indians smoked the inner bark of the red willow mixed with sumack leaves. 1895 Outing 27 211/1 The lake..was covered with a growth of red willows and rushes. 1945 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 31 Jan. 6/2 It [sc. a pipe] has a red pipstone bowl about 8 inches long..and the stem is made of red willow which has a soft centre. 1956 J. D. Leechman Native Tribes of Canada 110 The Prairie Indians also ate service berries, wild cherries, red willow berries, prairie turnips, bitter root, and wild rose haws. 1994 G. Paulsen Winterdance v. 104 A doe jumped out of some red willows on the side of the trail and bounded across. < as lemmas |
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