Thesaurus: sallow

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1. n. The willow; willow twigs.
2. n. A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.
3. superl. Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.
4. v. t. To tinge with sallowness.
5. adj. unhealthy looking
6. n. any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
7. v. cause to become sallow
8. 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 Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye. Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic] July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell.
9. A name given to certain species of willow, especially thosewhich do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides)much like an Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used formaking jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.
10. j:100 n. any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal v. cause to become sallow s. unhealthy looking