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[wil-oh] / ˈwɪl oʊ /


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The reserve is home to species including grey partridge, lapwing, skylark, grasshopper warbler and willow tit.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The moth's caterpillars will only eat two plants - aspen and creeping willow - which makes it a challenge to conserve, according to Butterfly Conservation.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The infested willow plants were sold in 15 counties, mostly across Southern and Central California between June 24 and July 3.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

At the center of the debate is a claim that willow crown volume increased by 1,500 percent following wolf recovery.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

But she made it across without faltering -until the final rock, when she had to leap for the bank, and ended up grabbing a willow branch to haul herself up.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Among them, the height to volume model was applied to heavily browsed willows with unusual growth forms, even though the model was not designed for such distorted shapes.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

In Yellowstone National Park, their return has been praised with reducing the overabundant elk population and allowing decimated trees such as willows and aspen to recover, which subsequently brought the return of beavers and songbirds.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

The vast glass-domed exhibition space became a wonderland, with pink weeping willows and oversized toadstools adorning the runway.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

The vast Grand Palais exhibition space in central Paris was transformed into an enchanted forest populated by giant mushrooms and pink weeping willows as stars from Nicole Kidman to Dua Lipa looked on.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

We considered paying villagers to remove the peacock snails that were harming our willows.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate




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