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Definition of Red osier

Red osier
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.

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- Cornus sericea, the red osier or red-osier dogwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to much of North America. It has sometimes...
- osier (Salix viminalis), a species of willow Red osier (Cornus sericea), a species of flowering plant Osier, Colorado, an unincorporated community along...
- Salix viminalis, the basket willow, common osier or osier, is a species of willow native to Europe, Western Asia, and the Himalayas. Salix viminalis is...
- bearberry (Arctostaphylos spp.) and to lesser degree, the non-hallucinate red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) and silky cornel (Cornus amomum), and even to...
- ponderosa pine, Rocky Mountain juniper, three-leaf sumac, bristlecone pine, red osier dogwood, and narrow-leaf cottonwood. Among the flowering plants are alpine...
- against a variety of tumors. The inner bark of the alder, as well as red osier dogwood, or chokecherry, is used by some Indigenous peoples of the Americas...
- Orange-root – Asclepias tuberosa OsageMaclura pomifera Osier – Salix; (in North America) Cornus Red osierCornus amomum ParsleyPetroselinum crispum Parsnip...
- southeastern Canada. Cornus sanguinea (common dogwood). Europe. Cornus sericea (red osier dogwood). Northern and western North America, except Arctic regions. Cornus...
- Along stream banks, it is commonly ****ociated with willows (Salix spp.), red osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera), Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia), and bigleaf...
- non-poisonous sumac leaves, and the inner bark of certain bushes such as red osier dogwood (silky cornell), chokecherry, and alder, to improve the taste...