basket willow

Questions about basket willow

What does basket willow mean?

basket willow means "Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin".

What is another word for basket willow?

Close synonyms include purple willow, red willow, red osier, purple osier, Salix purpurea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basket willow a common word?

basket willow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.