willow herb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of willow herb
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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Fields of rosebay willow herb, statuesque and hazy pink, put a pop of color into the otherwise gray day.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021
From the ubiquitous white yarrow to the purple harebell to the wonderfully named yellow blooms of "lady's bedstraw" to the creeping thistle to the tall rosebay willow herb, they color the landscape.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013
From the rubble purple willow herb grows luxuriantly, and in one place I know of bracken is sprouting out of sandbags.
From Time Magazine Archive
Looking back, the last thing Bigwig saw was the face of General Woundwort staring out of the gap in the willow herb where the boat had lain.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
He raised his muzzle to catch the scents wafting from the valley: some jays and a few stale elk droppings; several storm-broken spruce; lots of willow herb and withered blueberries.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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