gelstern.
rare.
An osier (see yolster n.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > osier or basket willow
osierc1175
withenc1230
osier tree1500
red withy?1523
spert1578
gelster1670
osier willow1693
red saugh1776
red sallow1798
red osier1807
sedge-willow1908
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow
willowa750
withy961
osierc1175
withenc1230
withec1340
yolster1387
willow-treec1425
osier tree1500
wailea1510
wrig1564
spert1578
seal1579
siler1607
palm-withy1609
sallow withe1657
gelster1670
wilger1682
osier willow1693
werg1707
weeping willow1731
sollar1733
salix1775
red osier1807
mourning willow1813
palm willow1869
fen-oak1886
bat-willow1907
cricket bat willow1907
sedge-willow1908
1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xx. 88 The most usual names by which Basket makers call them [sc. osiers] about London..are, the hard Gelster, the Horse Gelster, Whyning, or shrivell'd Gelster, the Black Gelster.
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