sauch

sauch (soukh, sawkh, sahkh) - n., (arch.) Scottish name for the sallow.


And sometimes other willows -- sallows sometimes being restricted to broader-leaved, shrubby species. Comes from the same Old English root, salh, as sallow, only passed through a northern burr.

And that ends this week of 5x5s -- back with the regular mix next week.

---L.