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Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.

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The wood of these trees.

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A cricket bat.

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(1800s) The baseball bat.

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A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.

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To open and cleanse (cotton, flax, wool, etc.) by means of a willow.

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To form a shape or move in a way similar to the long, slender branches of a willow.

The only representative of tree vegetation now is a dwarf willow 1 in.

The white willow is a great favourite, while the drooping habit of the weeping willow renders it very attractive.

The willow and orchard trees - apple, pear, plum and cherry - are cultivated everywhere.

The principal trees are the alder, aloe, palm, poplar, acacia, willow and eucalyptus.

Hartig, Die Familien der Blattwespen and Holzwespen (Berlin, 1860); Walsh, " On the Insects, Coleopterous, Hymenopterous and Dipterous, inhabiting the Galls of certain species of Willow," Proc. Ent.

John Gerard (Herball, p. 1228) describes it as sweet willow or gaule, and refers to its use in beer or ale.

Other trees are the juniper, willow, green ash, box elder, scrub oak, wild plum and wild cherry.

It is found in the volatile oils of Spiraea, and can be obtained by the oxidation of the glucoside salicin, (C13H1807), which is found in willow bark.

Certain sorts of willow are largely used for basket-making and wicker-work.

Beavers also gnaw the bark of birch, poplar and willow trees; but during the summer a more varied herbage, with the addition of berries, is consumed.

In the coniferous forests the black grouse, hazel grouse and willow grouse, capercailzie and woodcock are the principal game birds; the crane is found in marshy clearings, birds of prey are numerous, and the Siberian jay in the north and the common jay in the south are often heard.

They feed chiefly on grass, but also on moss, lichens and tender shoots of the willow and pine.

The flower may consist only of spore-bearing leaves, as in willow, where each flower comprises only a few stamens or two carpels.

We have started a project using short rotation coppice willow clones.

Kennedy and numerous others - In the final television season of Buffy, many potential slayers are introduced and thanks to Willow's magic, become full-fledged Slayers.

Shop around for facial acne products that contain willow bark, green tea extract or soothing hydrangea leaf.

Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendan) are the original members of the self-described 'Scoobies.'

Willow and Xander both grew up in Sunnydale and befriend Buffy on her first day at Sunnydale High School.

Most alternate members of the Scoobies are significant others of Willow and Xander.

Willow dabbles with magic throughout the series, but becomes a full-fledged witch by the time she is in college and turns to the blackest of spells when Tara is killed at the end of the sixth season.

Warwick Davis (Willow) played the robot onscreen, but like James Earl Jones, Rickman's voice has left its mark.

Skyn Iceland's Anti-Blemish Gel is rich in green tea and willow bark, both recognized for their antioxidants and antibacterial properties.

The cleansing complex uses ingredients like white willow bark extract, sugar cane extract, chamomile and vitamins A, E and C to deep clean without drying and help control acne.

Using ingredients like hyaluronic acid, fruit acid extracts, white willow bark extract, peptides and vitamin B5, the youth complex claims to reduce wrinkles quickly while rebuilding the skin with measurable results.

Among deciduous trees the state is noted for its sugar maples; birch and beech are common on the hills, and oaks, elm, hickory, ash, poplar, basswood, willow, chestnut and butternut on the less elevated areas.

This deposit shows no trace of forest-trees, but it is full of remains of Arctic mosses, and of the dwarf willow and birch; in short, it yields the flora now found within the Arctic circle.

This reserve is noted for its creeping willow while other trees include purging buckthorn, birch and crab apple.

The gray leafed willow has golden catkins on the male tree and silver catkins on the female.

The willow is then fed to a biomass boiler used to heat fish containing sturgeon, specially bred to produce caviar.

He installed a heating system which is fuelled by willow coppice grown on his own farm.

These are generally deciduous trees such as crab apple, lime and willow.

The whole face of the southern declivity was covered with wild shrubbery alone an occasional silver willow or white poplar excepted.

At the window, some magical turtle doves, which nested in the willow tree by her mother's grave, appear.

In natural or white painted willow on a strong wooden frame with basket-style drawers.

Willow House is an impressive family home constructed in 1950 of brick elevations under a pitched tiled roof.

The shrub layer consists of rowan and holly, with hazel locally frequent and occasional goat willow.

It's a 25 shot green and silver glitter with willow and red tails cake.

Eventually the mansions give way to a more pastoral vision of cows grazing under willow trees.

Willow, meeting Xander coming out of the magic shop, gives him a quick hug and says she loves him.

Application of landfill leachate to willow short rotation coppice.

A battle ensues which Buffy is clearly losing, but as all seems lost Giles appears to stop Willow.

Potatoes and willow might be introduced subsequently, and looked manageable.

Other species were around average except for Willow Warbler which showed a very marked decline.

The addition of common sandpiper, swallow, house martin and willow warbler brought the species count of migrants to eight.

In another area he has started to grow shiitake mushrooms under a graceful canopy, a living tunnel of woven willow trees.

Pollarding willows osier cutting Osiers The osier willow, Salix viminalis, was important to both the riverside economy and the local wildlife.

There's a good choice of garden related paraphernalia at Willow & Stone.

The work restored two old willow pollards and created three new pollards.

There are around 50 mature pollard White Willow Salix alba growing on Sheep's Green.

The men with terriers who were working them looked in each willow pollard, and several also carried spades.