Definition of "willow" []

• Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Salix, having usually narrow leaves, unisexual flowers borne in catkins, and strong lightweight wood. (noun)
• The wood of any of these trees. (noun)
• Something, such as a cricket bat, that is made from willow. (noun)
• A textile machine consisting of a spiked drum revolving inside a chamber fitted internally with spikes, used to open and clean unprocessed cotton or wool. (noun)
• To open and clean (textile fibers) with a willow. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "_Pussy willow, Glaucous willow_ 40, 41, 171 falcata, Pursh _Black willow_ 42 fragilis, L. _Crack willow, Brittle willow_ 43-45 nigra, Marsh."
• "Dwarf willow is the only "tree" species up there and it grows along the ground between the rocks. jjjp"
• "A section of a branch of birch or willow from the north only a couple of inches in diameter will show one or two hundred annual rings."