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Look up: sallow

  1. sallow
    [adj] - unhealthy looking 2. [n] - any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins 3. [v] - cause to become sallow, as of complexion
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. sallow
    a small northern or alpine shrubby or arborescent much-branched willow with strongly fissured bark Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Sallow
    Sal'low (săl'lo) noun [ Middle English salwe , Anglo-Saxon sealh ; akin to Old High German salaha , German salweide , Icelandic selja , Latin salix , Ir. sail , saileach , Gael. seileac...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/9

  4. Sallow
    Sal'low adjective [ Compar. Sallower ; superl. Sallowest .] [ Anglo-Saxon salu ; akin to Dutch zaluw , Old High German salo , Icelandic sölr yellow.] Having a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/9

  5. Sallow
    Sal'low transitive verb To tinge with sallowness. [ Poetic] « July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.» Lowell.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/9

  6. sallow
    Having a yellowish colour; of a pale, sickly colour, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. ... Origin: AS. Salu; akin to D. Zaluw, OHG. Salo, Icel. Solr yellow. ... To tinge with sallowness. 'July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.' (Lowell) ... 1. The willow; willow twigs. 'And bend the plia...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. sallow
    sickly adjective unhealthy looking
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. sallow
    noun any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Sallow
    • (superl.) Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. • (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. • (v. t.)...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Sallow
    Sallow is a popular name of trees of the willow family. Common Sallow or goat willow (Salix caprea) bears silky catkins in early spring before the leaves appear. It was formerly used in the manufacture of gun-powder charcoal.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow



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