velvet osier

1. 1.

   willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry

   Synonymscommon osierhemp willowSalix viminalis

   Broaderosier

   Part ofSalix

Questions about velvet osier

What does velvet osier mean?

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

What is another word for velvet osier?

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

velvet 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.