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willow

[wil-oh] / ˈwɪl oʊ /


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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

"Leather on willow, country pubs and just the loveliness of England," she muses wistfully.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

A spokesperson said the Muxton marshland had struggled because the willow plants dried out the fen.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Baker’s Indigenous and German heritage inform her three large abstract collage hangings, created using synthetic turf animated by acrylic paint, yarn and a variety of natural materials, including corn husk, willow, buffalo hide and buckskin.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

I grabbed the willow laundry basket and lined it with some clean blankets.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

She has planted meadows, willows, hedgerows, tussocky grasses and late-flowering crops to give insects food through the summer.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

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

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

The water is low, but clear, lined with the shade of willows.

From Salon Nov. 8, 2025

I’d managed to find five of them by digging, with great effort, at the base of the blue willows Connor had told me about.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate




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