rose willown.
/ˈrəʊz ˌwɪləʊ/, U.S. /ˈroʊz ˌwɪloʊ/ 1. Any of several willows susceptible to gall midges which cause a rosette of leaves to form at the tips of the branches; esp. the purple willow, S. purpurea. Now rare.
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red willow1547
water willow1583
goat's willow1597
rose willow1597
sweet willow1597
French willow1601
siler1607
palm-withy1609
sallowie1610
swallowtail willow1626
willow bay1650
black willow1670
crack-willow1670
grey willow1697
water sallow1761
almond willowa1763
swallow-tailed willow1764
swamp willow1765
golden osier1772
golden willow1772
purple willow1773
sand-willow1786
goat willow1787
purple osier1797
whipcord1812
Arctic willow1818
sage-willow1846
pussy willow1851
Kilmarnock willow1854
sweet-bay willow1857
pussy1858
palm willow1869
Spaniard1871
ground-willow1875
Spanish willow1875
snap-willow1880
diamond willow1884
sandbar willow1884
pussy palm1886
creeping willow1894
bat-willow1907
cricket bat willow1907
silver willow1914
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1204 The Rose Willow groweth vp likewise to the height and bignesse of a shrubbie tree;..the branches are many, whereupon do growe very many twigs of a reddish colour.
1761 J. Hill Veg. Syst. II. 25 The Bites of Insects also will occasion mimick Flowers, and Fruit. The Rose Willow is an Instance of the former; and the Galls similarly shew the latter.
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. i. 75 The scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves.
1838 J. Rennie Insect Archit. xix. 380 A similar but still more beautiful production is found upon one of the commonest of our indigenous willows (Salix purpurea), which takes the name of rose-willow.
1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 72 Rose Willow..owes its name..to certain rose-like expansions at the end of the branches.
1906 E. Bogg Richmondshire & Vale of Mowbray I. 406 Salix Helix, the Rose Willow, probably so called from the rich, rose-coloured red-currant-like galls which frequently abound upon its leaves.
2. North American. Any of several dogwoods (genus Cornus) having red twigs; esp. the red osier dogwood, C. sericea.
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gaiterc1000
dog-tree1548
cornel1551
dogberry1551
prick tree1551
hound's-berry1578
hound's-tree1578
prick-timber tree1578
dwarf honeysuckle1597
dogwood1598
sanguine-rod1601
prickwood1691
bloody twig1759
rose willow1798
red osier1807
swamp dogwood1817
stone-berry?1838
bunch-berry1845
cornus1846
silky cornel1848
silky dogwood1900
pagoda tree1978
1798 B. S. Barton Coll. Ess. towards Materia Medica U.S. 12 The Cornus sericea, another species, is called Red-Willow and Rose-Willow; which are very improper names. The bark of this is often mixed with tobacco and smoken.
1815 D. Drake Nat. & Statist. View Cincinnati 83 Rose willow, leather wood and aspen, seem to be confined to the more northern portions of this tract.
1863 C. Thomson Materia Med. 397 Take about a peck of the bark of Rose Willow, (Cornus Sericea,) put it in a vessel with water sufficient to cover, and boil briskly for two hours.
1933 Amer. Botanist Apr. 66 A second ‘squaw-bush’ with red twigs is Cornus amomum or C. sericea... The plant is naturally another ‘red osier’, ‘red rod’, ‘red willow’ and ‘rose willow’.
1957 Condor 59 133 These quail are usually found in the rose-willow thickets along stream courses.
2004 W. Bethard Lotions, Potions, & Deadly Elixirs 166 American dogwood, often called boxwood or rose willow, is a tree, Cornus florida.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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