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Osier

A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow.

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Willow 76% connected

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 deser…

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Withe 76% connected

A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.

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Withy 76% connected

The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a).

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Badger noun · 78% connection

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…

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Bead fern noun · 78% connection

beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slig…

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Best adjective · 78% connection

Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best ro…

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Bulrush noun · 78% connection

tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used…

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Burbot noun · 78% connection

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

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Calamint noun · 78% connection

perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America

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Cat's-tail noun · 78% connection

tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used…

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Catchweed noun · 78% connection

annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia

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Chicory noun · 78% connection

A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated f…

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Cleavers noun · 78% connection

annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia

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Clivers noun · 78% connection

annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia

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Cowberry noun · 78% connection

low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

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Crocodile noun · 78% connection

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…

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Cusk noun · 78% connection

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

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Durra noun · 78% connection

A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also In…

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Eelpout noun · 78% connection

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

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Gale noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both i…

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Golden polypody noun · 78% connection

mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Eu…

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