salix viminalis

1. 1.

   willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry

   Synonymscommon osierhemp willowvelvet osier

   Broaderosier

   Part ofSalix

Questions about salix viminalis

What does salix viminalis mean?

salix viminalis means "willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry".

What is another word for salix viminalis?

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

salix viminalis 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.