red osier

red osier
noun
1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwood tree, ↑cornel
2. Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
• Hypernyms: ↑osier
• Member Holonyms: ↑Salix, ↑genus Salix

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noun
1. : any of several willows with reddish twigs that are used for basketry; especially : purple willow
2. also red osier dogwood : a common No. American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) with reddish purple twigs, white flowers, and globose blue or whitish fruit — called also kinnikinnick, redbrush, red dogwood

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1. Also called red-osier dogwood. a North American dogwood, Cornus sericea (or C. stolonifera), having red twigs and branches and white fruits.
2. any willow having reddish twigs and branches used for basketry or wickerwork.
[1800-10, Amer.]

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red osier,
1. any one of various willows with reddish bark.
2. U.S. a dogwood having reddish branches and shoots resembling those of the osier.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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