Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
willow tree or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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willow + -like
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Examples
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The brush thickened as they progressed; runs of alder and willowlike bushes impeded movement along the running water, and berry brambles lined the stream banks, their thorny branches covered with bright red fruit.
Genellan- Planetfall Gier, Scott 2005
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The gray leaves on the willowlike trees had spread but not turned to the fuller green of summer, and the new leaves were but half-open.
The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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Chapter Three Crouching in the grass before the barbed-wire-topped fence, Amanda Bull felt a surge of exhilaration flow through her willowlike body.
Encounter Group Sapir, Richard & Murphy, Warren 1984
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