noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pussy willow
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tree
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The gently wavering fronds of a willow tree .
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She moved from one willow tree to the next, forcing them all to share the torment she endured.
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It all began when a woman threatened to tie herself to a willow tree .
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They stood under the willow trees , looking at the river.
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On his Suffolk property Stuart Surridge grew willow trees .
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There were darting birds in the willow tree overhead.
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Yesterday we found a photograph, under the bushes behind the willow tree .
warbler
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Robins, willow warblers , blackbirds, song thrushes, blue ties, great ties teased with their nearness - and invisibility.
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Close by, a willow warbler flicked jauntily from one overhanging twig to the next.
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The willow warbler is even prepared to assault a stuffed cuckoo head.
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More bird song: willow warbler , wren, robin - all in the first few minutes.
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We started to climb, accompanied by intermittent snatches of bird song: wood warbler , garden warbler and willow warbler.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
weeping willow/birch etc
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When she reached the bushes, Geoffrey was spreading his jacket on the grass between the stream and a weeping willow.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Around us was a wilderness of grey dune-sand and Port Jackson willow , and a stench of garbage and ash.
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He swallowed, knew that all he had for a voice box was a little whistle cut from a willow switch.
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Her loud wails shattered the silence of the willow grove.
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Madeiran willow , with its fine supple shoots, is never allowed to grow tall.
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On his Suffolk property Stuart Surridge grew willow trees.
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The gently wavering fronds of a willow tree.
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The same road then continues down to the woolly bottomlands, thick with willow , along the San Pedro River.
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They stood under the willow trees, looking at the river.