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What is an osier?

What is an osier? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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.
  2. One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.
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Similarly, when flooded, the common osier is able to aerate upper adventitious roots, while deeper roots rely on anoxia-tolerance for their survival.
The mallee scrub appears like a forest of dried osier, growing so close that it is not always easy to ride through it.
The shrub cover is rather closed and contains saplings, red osier, grape vine and occasional pure stands of bladder nut.
Hoop skirt, also called Hoop Petticoat, garment with a frame of whalebone or of wicker or osier basketwork.
Still, she often neglected her osier tray to go rambling about the neighbourhood.
The shrub layer includes mugwort, red osier, silver buffaloberry, and Woods' rose.

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