osier
Americannoun
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any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
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a twig from such a willow.
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any of various North American dogwoods.
noun
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any of various willow trees, esp Salix viminalis, whose flexible branches or twigs are used for making baskets, etc
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a twig or branch from such a tree
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any of several North American dogwoods, esp the red osier
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Etymology
Origin of osier
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French; akin to Medieval Latin ausāria willow bed
Vocabulary lists containing osier
Example Sentences
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Many look for nectar on dandelion, rabbitbrush, Canada thistle, osier dogwood and chokecherry.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021
It had been woven of osier by the Incas more than a century ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flames seized the osier cages; billows of foul smoke rose skyward.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
He was vexed about the osier baskets for the maize; only the backs and sides of them still remained.
From Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian by Various
At last he felt himself fit to cross the Alps, which he did seated in an osier basket planted on a man's shoulders.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
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