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Pussy willow   /pˈʊsi wˈɪlˌoʊ/   Listen
Pussy willow

noun
1.
Small willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves.  Synonym: Salix discolor.
2.
Much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves.  Synonyms: florist's willow, goat willow, Salix caprea.






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"Pussy willow" Quotes from Famous Books



... drift by the gateway is dingy and low; And half of yon hillside is free from the snow: Among the dead rushes the brook's flowing now. And here's Pussy Willow again ...
— The Nursery, Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1875 • Various

... and pretend you're a Japanese queen. Don't you think it's fun to pretend? And imagine? It's almost the same as having everything you want. I've imagined I was a queen on a throne and the whale that swallowed Jonah—he must have been so surprised—and a circus rider and an angel with a harp and a pussy willow. I don't know which I liked the best. It helps a lot when things go wrong to imagine they're right. You'll like to see the Japanese lily come out of its bulb, ...
— Mary Rose of Mifflin • Frances R. Sterrett

... it was that he had left a window up, and it was a real kittie that had wandered in, straying away from its mamma. But Aunt Lettie was sure it had come from a pussy willow. Lulu didn't care, because she was allowed to keep the kittie for herself, and what do you think? Why that kittie joined Jimmie's baseball nine, and to-morrow night I'll tell you about a game of ball that was played. That is if the man in the moon doesn't tumble ...
— Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble • Howard R. Garis



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