WILLOW
NOUNS
1564 ► WRIG the willow tree → obs.
1750 ► SALLY a generic name for the willow; a willow bough → Ireland & Eng. dial.
1790 ► CAMBRIDGE-OAK the willow tree → Eng. dial. sl.
1826 ► CAMBRIDGESHIRE OAK the willow tree → Eng. dial. sl.
1856 ► GOOSE-AND-GOSLINGS the male catkins of the willow → Eng. dial.
1876 ► SALLY-WITHY the willow, Salix Caprea → Eng. dial.
1904 ► SALLY-BED a plantation of willows → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► PALM-TREE the willow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TASSEL-RAG the catkins of the willow, Salix Caprea → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WALLER the common willow, Salix alba → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1925 ► SALICOLOGIST a student of or on authority on willows