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Willow (Noun)

A textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers.

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

The willow machine at the textile mill was used to process the raw cotton fibers.
The willow system consisted of a series of revolving spikes that carded and cleaned the fibers.
Operators carefully fed the raw material into the willow machine.
The willow machine's rotating spikes helped to align the fibers for spinning.
Before the invention of more modern textile machinery, the willow system was a major innovation in fiber processing.

Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix.

Nouns denoting plants.