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Pronunciation : Sal"low
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. salwe, AS. sealth; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salwiede, Icel. selja L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr.
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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?agnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sal"low
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. s?lr yellow.]
Definition : Defn: Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak.

[Compar. Sallower; superl. Sallowest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sal"low
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic] July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913