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細枝,柳條繩索柔韌的,瘦長而結實的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Withy \With"y\, n.; pl. {Withies}. [OE. withe, wipi, AS.
w[=i]?ig a willow, willow twig; akin to G. weide willow, OHG.
w[=i]da, Icel. v[=i]?ja, a withy, Sw. vide a willow twig,
Dan. vidie a willow, osier, Gr. ?, and probably to L. vitis a
vine, viere to plait, Russ. vite. [root]141. Cf. {Wine},
{Withe}.]
1. (Bot.) The osier willow ({Salix viminalis}). See {Osier},
n.
(a) .
2. A withe. See {Withe}, 1.
Withy \With"y\, a.
Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also,
abounding in withes.
The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little
withy plantation. --G. Eliot.
資料來源 : WordNet®
withy
n : strong flexible twig [syn: {withe}]