Sallow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.
  • v. To make sallow.
  • n. A broad-leaved European willow (Salix caprea) having large catkins that appear before the leaves and tough wood used as a source of charcoal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a grayish, yellow-green hue.
  • adj. Dirty; murky.
  • n. A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • adj. Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow.
  • v. To tinge with sallowness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A willow, especially Salix caprea, the great sallow or goat- or hedge-willow.
  • n. An osier; a willow wand.
  • Having a yellowish color; of a brownish-yellow and unhealthy-looking color: said of the skin or complexion.
  • To tinge with a sallow or yellowish color.
  • n. An English collectors' name for certain noctuid moths; a sallow-moth. Thus, Cirrœdia xerampelina is the center-barred sallow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. unhealthy looking
  • 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
  • Equivalent
    unhealthy   
    Verb Form
    sallowed    sallowing    sallows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    discolor   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pallid    swarthy    haggard    freckled    ashen    lean    bony    cadaverous    livid    sickly