DCHP-1 Online
crown West 
n. especially of willows, that part of a tree where the root system merges with the trunk.
- 1934 He took an axe and disappeared into the bushes, emerging with a willow root, a tough old crown, hardened by fire.
- 1963 But I won't go into details of grubbing willow crowns and urging the ox-drawn breaker plow through heavy sod. . . .
- 1934 He took an axe and disappeared into the bushes, emerging with a willow root, a tough old crown, hardened by fire.