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- Dictionarysallow/ˈsaləʊ/
noun
- 1. a willow tree, especially one of a low-growing or shrubby kind. British
- 2. a European moth with dull yellow, orange, and brown patterned wings.
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The meaning of SALLOW is any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark. How to use sallow in a sentence. Did you know?
SALLOW definition: 1. (of white-skinned people) yellowish and looking unhealthy: 2. (of white-skinned people…. Learn more.
If a person has sallow skin, their skin, especially on their face, is a pale-yellowish colour and looks unhealthy. She had lank hair and sallow skin. His face was sallow and shiny with sweat. Synonyms: wan, pale, sickly, pasty More Synonyms of sallow. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
1. (Plants) any of several small willow trees, esp the Eurasian Salix cinerea (common sallow), which has large catkins that appear before the leaves. 2. (Plants) a twig or the wood of any of these trees. [Old English sealh; related to Old Norse selja, Old High German salaha, Middle Low German salwīde, Latin salix]
Sallow means unhealthy in appearance — often yellow in color — and is almost invariably used to describe someone's complexion. His smile was as engaging as ever, but from his sallow complexion, I knew he was sick.
SALLOW meaning: 1. (of white-skinned people) yellowish and looking unhealthy: 2. (of white-skinned people…. Learn more.
Sallow definition: of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color. See examples of SALLOW used in a sentence.
Sallow Definition. Of a sickly, pale-yellow hue or complexion. (skin colour) Yellowish. Dirty; murky. To make sallow. A kind of willow (Salix caprea) with large catkins of flowers which appear before the leaves. A willow twig.
Oct 19, 2024 · sallow (comparative sallower, superlative sallowest) (of skin) Yellowish. (most regions, of light skin) Of a sickly pale colour. were it not that his Complexion is , and that he is something short of a Leg, and Blind of one Eye, he would positively be the most lovely of all the human Species.
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