red willow

Questions about red willow

What does red willow mean?

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

What is another word for red willow?

Close synonyms include purple 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 red willow a common word?

red 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.