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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:

Places

Australia

Canada

  • The Willows, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan
  • Willows Beach, Victoria, British Columbia

United Kingdom

United States

People

  • Willow Bay, Kristine Carlin Bay (1963), television presenter and wife of Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger
  • Willow Johnson, Canadian voice actress
  • Willow Palin, daughter of vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin
  • Willow Shields, American Actress
  • Willow Smith, American child actress and singer, daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith

In entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Willow Rosenberg, a character created by Joss Whedon for the television program, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • 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 Disney's Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
  • 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 in The Wicker Man
    • In the 2006 remake, the character is named Willow Woodward.
  • Willow (Dreadstar), a fictional telepath created by Jim Starlin for the comic series Dreadstar
  • Willow Stark, a character in the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives
  • Willow Ufgood, the title character from the 1988 film Willow
  • Willow, a persona of professional wrestler, Jeff Hardy.
  • Willow, an artsy western crowned pigeon in Angry Birds Stella and The Angry Birds Movie.

Video gaming

  • Willow (arcade game), a 1989 platform game based on the 1988 film of the same name
  • Willow (video game), a 1989 video game based on the 1988 film

Literature

  • "The Willows (story)", a short story by Algernon Blackwood
  • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, a collection of short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami
  • Wicked Willow, three original novels based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Willow & Tara (Buffy comic)
  • Blue Willow, a Newbery Honor book written by Doris Gates
  • The Wind in the Willows, a classic of children's literature written by British novelist Kenneth Grahame
  • The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree in "Othello" by William Shakespeare

Music

  • The Willow Pattern, a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Basil Hood and music by Cecil Cook
  • "Weeping Willow" (song), a song by the Verve from the album Urban Hymns
  • "Willow", a song by Scale the Summit from the album The Migration
  • Weeping Willow (Joplin), a rag by Scott Joplin
  • 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
  • Yume ni Konnichiwa ~Willow Town Monogatari~ is a Japanese song performed by Masami Okui.

Other entertainment

  • Willow (film), a 1988 fantasy film, directed by Ron Howard, with a story by George Lucas
  • The Willow Tree, a play by Joseph Henry McAlpin Benrimo
    • The Willow Tree (1920 film), a 1920 American silent film based on the aforementioned play
  • The Willow Tree (2005 film), a 2005 Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi
  • Willow (cat), a cat on the BBC television show Blue Peter
  • Willow (TV channel), an American sports channel focused on cricket

In science

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-leaved pear, Pyrus salicifolia, a small tree from the Middle East, widely grown as an ornamental tree

Zoology

  • Willow beauty, a moth of the family Geometridae
  • Willow flycatcher, a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family
  • Willow grouse, a medium-sized bird in the grouse family
  • Willow tit, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae
  • Willow warbler or willow wren, a small bird from Europe, Asia and Africa
  • Willo (Thescelosaurus), a dinosaur fossil thought to include a fossilized heart

Other

  • Golden Willow (horse), the youngest horse to ever win the Badminton Horse Trials
  • Willow (typeface), typeface that was designed by Tony Forster in 1990
  • Willow Man, large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey
  • Willow pattern, also known as Blue Willow, distinctive and elaborate pattern used on some pottery plates
  • Willow, also known as esparterie or "sparterie", is a millinery fabric made from willow fibers
  • Willey (textile machine), also willey, willow, twilley
  • Willow Tree (figurines)

See also

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  • Willow Creek (disambiguation)
  • Willow Grove (disambiguation)
  • Willow Hill (disambiguation)
  • Willow Lake (disambiguation)
  • Willow Park (disambiguation)
  • Willow River (disambiguation)
  • Willow Run (disambiguation)
  • Willow School (disambiguation)
  • Willow Springs (disambiguation)
  • Willow Township (disambiguation)
  • Willow Valley (disambiguation)
  • The Wind in the Willows (disambiguation)
  • USCGC Willow
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