資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Withy \With"y\, n.; pl. {Withies}. [OE. withe, wipi, AS.
   w[=i]?ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow, OHG.
   w[=i]da, Icel. v[=i]?ja, a withy, Sw. vide a willow twig,
   Dan. vidie a willow, osier, Gr. ?, and probably to L. vitis a
   vine, viere to plait, Russ. vite. [root]141. Cf. {Wine},
   {Withe}.]
   1. (Bot.) The osier willow ({Salix viminalis}). See {Osier},
      n.
      (a) .

   2. A withe. See {Withe}, 1.

Osier \O"sier\, n. [F. osier: cf. {Prov}. F. oisis, Armor. ozil,
   aozil, Gr. ?, ?, ?, L. vitex, and E. withy.] (Bot.)
      (a) A kind of willow ({Salix viminalis}) growing in wet
          places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North
          America. It is considered the best of the willows for
          basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind
          of willow.
      (b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of
          other similar plants.

                The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream.
                                                  --Shak.

   {Osier bed}, or {Osier holt}, a place where willows are grown
      for basket making. [Eng.]

   {Red osier}.
      (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs ({Salix rubra}).
      (b) An American shrub ({Cornus stolonifera}) which has
          slender red branches; -- also called {osier cornel}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Salix viminalis
     n : willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry [syn: {common
         osier}, {hemp willow}, {velvet osier}]