About The Word Sallow
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Sallow
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What's The Definition Of Sallow?
[n] any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
[adj] unhealthy looking [v] cause to become sallow, as of complexion; "The illness has sallowed her face" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sallow: sickly | unhealthy Related Terms | Find terms related to Sallow: See Also | discolor | florist's willow | genus Salix | goat willow | pussy willow | Salix | Salix caprea | willow | willow tree Sallow In Webster's Dictionary \Sal"low\ (s[a^]l"l[-o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin
to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail,
saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes.
The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson.
2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow,
especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as
{Salix caprea}, {S. cinerea}, etc.
{Sallow thorn} (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae
rhamnoides}) much like an El[ae]agnus. The yellow berries
are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords
a yellow dye.
\Sal"low\, a. [Compar. {Sallower}; superl. {Sallowest}.] [AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. s["o]lr yellow.] Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. --Shak. \Sal"low\, v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic] July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. --Lowell. |
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