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COMMON OSIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common osier mean?
• COMMON OSIER (noun)
The noun COMMON OSIER has 1 sense:
1. willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
Familiarity information: COMMON OSIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common osier; hemp willow; Salix viminalis; velvet osier
Hypernyms ("common osier" is a kind of...):
osier (any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture)
Holonyms ("common osier" is a member of...):
genus Salix; Salix (a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows)
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