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saliceus

saliceus, ~ius [CL salix+-eus, -ius] 1 (as adj.) of or consisting of willow, osier, withy, or of willow wood. 1335 in xxxij bord’ salic’ empt’ pro cyntrys ad novam cameram Sacr. Ely II 67; 1406 in virgis ~eis emptis ad dictos fassiculos ligandos Ac. Churchw. Glast. 139. 2 (as sb. n. or f., bot.) willow, osier, withy, or sim.. 1271 salcia (CourtR 173/30) MFG (ed. 1968) s. v. saligna (cf. ib. (ed. 1997) s. v. salix: salicia); 1275 magistro Willelmo Sardinario pro ccc ~iis, ij s. vj d. KR Ac 467/6(2).

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