Sallow

[Sal·low]

Sallow means unhealthy in appearance––often yellow in color––and is almost invariably used to describe someone's complexion. His smile was as engaging as ever, but from his sallow complexion, I knew he was sick.

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The willow; willow twigs.

Noun
any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

Verb
cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"

Adjective S.
unhealthy looking


n.
The willow; willow twigs.

n.
A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.

superl.
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

v. t.
To tinge with sallowness.


Sallow

Sal"low , n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealth; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salwiede, Icel. selja L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. .] 1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] Tennyson.
And bend the pliant sallow to a shield.
The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb.
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'91agnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.

Sallow

Sal"low, a. [Compar. Sallower ; superl. Sallowest.] [AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. s'94lr yellow.] Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak.

Sallow

Sal"low, v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]
July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.

The willow; willow twigs.

Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

To tinge with sallowness.

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