sallow
adj.
having a sickly yellow coloring (about the skin)
v.
give a yellowish coloring, make somewhat yellow
n.
any of several species of small European willow (Botany)
Sallow
sallow
Noun
1. any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
(hypernym) willow, willow tree
(hyponym) goat willow, florist's willow, pussy willow, Salix caprea
(member-holonym) Salix, genus Salix
Verb
1. cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"
(hypernym) discolor
Adjective
1. unhealthy looking
(synonym) sickly
(similar) unhealthy
Sallow
(v. t.)
To tinge with sallowness.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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