Thin flexible twigs or branches, usually from willow, woven together to make baskets and furniture.
From Old Norse 'víkja' meaning 'to bend.' The word traveled through Old English and Scandinavian languages, referring to the flexibility of the material rather than its specific origin plant.
Wicker baskets survived for millennia because the technique works with whatever bendy branches grow locally—Vikings used it, ancient Egyptians used it, and your grandmother probably has a wicker chair that'll outlast plastic furniture by centuries.
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