Withy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Made of or as flexible as withes; tough.
  • adj. Wiry and agile.
  • n. A rope or band made of withes.
  • n. A long flexible twig, as that of an osier.
  • n. A tree or shrub having such twigs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Flexible, like a withe.
  • n. The osier willow (Salix viminalis).
  • n. A long flexible twig of the osier; a withe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a).
  • n. A withe. See Withe, 1.
  • adj. Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A willow of any species.
  • n. A withe; a twig; an osier.
  • n. A halter made of withes.
  • n. In ceramics, same as twig, 3.
  • Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. strong flexible twig
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    twig    branchlet    sprig   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    osier    withe   
    Hyponym
    osier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flexible    willow   
    Same Context
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