withy

WITHY

vimen. Made of withes vimineus: withy bed viminetum (Varr.): ☞ salix = willow.

withy: vīmen, ĭnis, n.: the countrymen used to pluck there the low w.s and rushes, and the marsh-loving sedge, agrestes illic fruticosa legebant vimina cum juncis gratamque paludibus ulvam, Ov. M. 6, 345. Phr.: coverings made of w.s, viminea tegumenta, Caes. B. C. 3, 63: a bed (plantation) of w.s, viminetum, Varr.