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- noun Plural form of
willow .
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Examples
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The wind in the willows is the whisperings of a fairy in the ear of a poet.
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The willows were a living example of it; they had copied the sand octopus, and by so doing had become the most invincible beings along that dreadful coast.
HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962
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The snow was trampled by the booted feet of children; a banana skin lay close to a bitten-into bologna sandwich; and under the willows was a tiny pond criss-crossed with skate marks.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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Beyond the willows was a higher ground, covered with a mesquite thicket, with cattle trails winding under the thorny trees.
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A splash of blue fire in the willows was a blue bird's wing.
Wolf Breed Jackson Gregory 1912
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_The custom (which we hope does not very generally obtain) of sending green ribbons, called willows, tied round bridal cards, to rejected suitors of the bride, is no doubt derived from that alluded to by Shakspeare and Herrick, and especially Fuller, who tell us the willow
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In recent decades, it has spread along Southwestern riverbanks, replacing native trees such as willows and cottonwoods ...
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In recent decades, it has spread along Southwestern riverbanks, replacing native trees such as willows and cottonwoods ...
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Conifers, most riparian trees (such as willows and sycamores), oaks, and grasses are all wind-pollinated.
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With fewer elk near the water, plants that normally grow there, such as willows, can grow taller.
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