WILLOW, Salix, a very common Tree, that grows in marshy Places; the Leaf of which is very like that of the Olive. God, speaking of the Feast of Tabernacles, a commands the Hebrews to take Branches of the handsomest Trees, particularly of the Willows of the Brook, and to bear them in their Hands before the Lord, as a Token of Rejoicing.
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