Definitions
A flexible tree or shrub with narrow leaves and often drooping branches.
Word origin
From Middle English wilwe, welew, variant of wilghe, from Old English welig, from Proto-West Germanic *wilig, from Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik- (compare (Arcadian) Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē), Hittite 𒌑𒂖𒆪 (welku, “grass”)), from *wel- (“twist, turn”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.”
“And willows, willow-herb, and grass, / And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, / No whit less still and lonely fair / Than the high cloudlets in the sky.”
“The pounded leaves of the willow, drunk in a concoction, were formerly reputed to diminish amatory desires.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Drooping waterside tree”6 letters
02“Flexible tree”6 letters
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