WILLOW

noun Etymology: Middle English wilghe, wilowe, from Old English welig; akin to Middle High German wilge ~ Date: before 12th century any of a genus ( Salix of the family Salicaceae, the ~ family) of trees and shrubs bearing catkins of apetalous flowers and including forms of value for wood, osiers, or tanbark and a few ornamentals, an object made of ~ wood, ~like adjective