purple willow

1. 1.

   Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin

   Synonymsred willowred osierbasket willowpurple osierSalix purpurea

   Broaderosier

   Part ofSalix

Questions about purple willow

What does purple willow mean?

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

What is another word for purple willow?

Close synonyms include red willow, red osier, basket willow, 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 purple willow a common word?

purple 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.