sallow

(săl'ō)
adj., -er, -est.
Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion.

tr.v., -lowed, -low·ing, -lows.
To make sallow.

[Middle English salowe, from Old English salo.]

sallowly sal'low·ly adv.
sallowness sal'low·ness n.

sal·low² (săl'ō)
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.

[Middle English saloue, from Old English sealh.]

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adjective

Lacking color: ashen, ashy, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen. See colors/colorless.

adj

Definition: pale, unhealthy
Antonyms: colorful, dark, flushed, glowing, healthy, rosy

In early spring, sallow twigs bear fluffy yellow flowers before they have any leaves. These were gathered for use in church decorations and processions on Palm Sunday, and were widely known as ‘palms’; nowadays, real palm is imported instead. Some people believed sallow or willow twigs protect a house from witchcraft and the evil eye, but also that one should never use them to beat an animal or child, for they would stunt its growth (Vickery, 1995: 134-5).

A willow tree or shrub. Rods made from this particular wood were much in use among the ancient Scythians and the Alani for purposes of augurial divination. The magician chose fine straight wands, wrote certain characters on them, and threw them on a white cloth. From the way in which they fell the magician gained the desired information.

IN BRIEF: Pale, unhealthy looking.

She had a thin awkward figure, a sallow skin without colour, dark lank hair, and strong features. — Jane Austen, (1775-1817), English novelist, from Northanger Abbey.

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• Ugly, unattractive, or malformed
• Yellow

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - gusten, gullig
v. tr. - gøre gusten, gøre gullig

2.
n. - seljepil

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterwilg, wilgenscheut, vaalgeel, grauw

Français (French)
1.
adj. - cireux, jaunâtre, olivâtre
v. tr. - rendre jaunâtre/cireux

2.
n. - (Bot) saule marsault

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - blaßgelb
v. - blaß machen

2.
n. - Salweide

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) ιτέα η αίγειος
adj. - ωχρός, χλωμός
v. - κιτρινίζω

Italiano (Italian)
salice, smorto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - variedade de salgueiro (f) (Bot.)
adj. - amarelado
v. - empalidecer

Русский (Russian)
желтоватый, болезненный, землистый, придавать желтоватый,блед- ный,землистый цвет

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - cetrino, pálido, amarillento
v. tr. - empalidecer

2.
n. - sauce, variedad de sauce

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sälg
adj. - gulblek
v. - göra gulblek, bli gulblek

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 灰黄色的, 气色不好的, 使成灰黄色

2. 阔叶柳, 黄华柳, 柳枝, 柳条

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 闊葉柳, 黃華柳, 柳枝, 柳條

2.
adj. - 灰黃色的, 氣色不好的
v. tr. - 使成灰黃色

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 병적으로 누르스름한, 창백한, 혈색이 나쁜
v. tr. - 창백하게 만들다

2.
n. - 버드 나무

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 土色の, 血色の悪い
v. - 土色にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألصفصاف (صفه) شاحب (فعل) يصبح شاحبا, يشحب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חיוור באופן חולני, צהוב, חולני‬
v. tr. - ‮הצהיב‬
n. - ‮סוג של ערבה‬

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