Willow (disambiguation)

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A willow is any of the several hundred species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Salix.

Willow or willows may also refer to:

[edit] In entertainment

[edit] Fictional characters

  • Willow (comics), a mutant character created by Marvel Comics for their Marvel 2099 run X-Nation 2099
  • Catherine Willows, character on the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Grandmother Willow, character in Pocahontas
  • Lindsey Willows, secondary character on the CBS television program CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Old Man Willow, evil character in the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Whomping Willow, a large, magical and violent tree in the fictional world of Harry Potter
  • Willow, a character played by Britt Ekland in The Wicker Man
  • Willow (Dreadstar), a fictional telepath created by Jim Starlin for the comic series Dreadstar
  • Willow Rosenberg, a character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television program, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Willow Stark, a character in the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives
  • Willow Ufgood, a character from the 1988 film of the same name

[edit] Gaming

[edit] Literature

[edit] Music

  • The Willow Pattern, a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Basil Hood and music by Cecil Cook
  • "Weeping Willow" (song), the eighth track from The Verve's 1997 award-winning album Urban Hymns
  • White Willow (band), an art rock band from Norway
  • Willow flute, a type of Scandinavian folk flute consisting of a simple tube with a transverse fipple mouthpiece and no finger holes
  • "Willow's Song", a song composed by American composer Paul Giovanni with lyrics by Robert Burns

[edit] Other entertainment

  • Willow (film), a 1988 fantasy film written by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard
  • Willow (cat), a cat on the BBC television show Blue Peter
  • Willow-Wane, a fictional planet created by Alan Dean Foster for his Humanx Commonwealth universe

[edit] Places

[edit] Australia

[edit] Canada

[edit] United States

[edit] In science

[edit] Botany

  • Pussy Willow, a name for several species of willow, when bearing their furry catkins
  • Seep willow, Baccharis salicifolia, a flowering shrub from the south-west United States and northern Mexico* Willow Oak (Quercus phellos), a species of oak with willow-like leaves
  • Willow-herb, any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Epilobium, many of which have willow-like leaves
  • Willow-leafed pear, Pyrus salicifolia, a small tree from the Middle East, widely grown as an ornamental tree

[edit] Zoology

[edit] Other

[edit] See also