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red osier definition

red osier

  1. a shrubby dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) with dark-red branches and white or bluish fruit
  2. any of several willows with reddish or purple stems

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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