common osier

1. 1.

   willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry

   Synonymshemp willowvelvet osierSalix viminalis

   Broaderosier

   Part ofSalix

Questions about common osier

What does common osier mean?

common osier means "willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry".

What is another word for common osier?

Close synonyms include hemp willow, velvet osier, Salix viminalis. 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 common osier a common word?

common osier 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.