osier
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ʒər noun
1.
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
2.
a twig from such a willow.
3.
any of various North American dogwoods.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French; akin to Medieval Latin ausāria willow bed
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French; akin to Medieval Latin ausāria willow bed
Related forms
o·siered, adjective
o·sier·like, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | any of various willow trees, esp Salix viminalis, whose flexible branches or twigs are used for making baskets, etc |
| 2. | a twig or branch from such a tree |
| 3. | any of several North American dogwoods, esp the red osier |
| [C14: from Old French, probably from Medieval Latin ausēria, perhaps of Gaulish origin; compare Breton aoz] | |
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Word Origin & History
osier
species of willow used in basket-work, c.1300, from O.Fr. osier "willow twig" (13c.), from M.L. osera "willow," ausaria "willow bed," of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaulish.
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Example sentences
They are usually dominated by willows and/or red-osier dogwood, and sometimes silky dogwood.
The shrub-carr areas include areas with red-osier dogwood and willow and disturbed areas with buckthorn.
Woody plants which are particularly suitable to contour wattling are willow, red-osier dogwood, and snowberry.
And he fenced it with wattled osier withies from stem to stern, to be a bulwark against the wave, and piled up wood to back them.
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