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RED OSIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red osier mean? 

RED OSIER (noun)
  The noun RED OSIER has 2 senses:

1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowersplay

2. Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tanninplay

  Familiarity information: RED OSIER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED OSIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American dogwood; Cornus stolonifera; red dogwood; red osier; red osier dogwood; redbrush

Hypernyms ("red osier" is a kind of...):

cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

basket willow; purple osier; purple willow; red osier; red willow; Salix purpurea

Hypernyms ("red osier" is a kind of...):

osier (any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture)

Holonyms ("red osier" is a member of...):

genus Salix; Salix (a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows)


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