sallow
IPA: sˈæɫoʊ
noun
- A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
- A willow twig or branch.
verb
- (intransitive) To become sallow.
- (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.
adjective
- (of skin) Yellowish.
- (most regions, of light skin) Of a sickly pale colour.
- (Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
- (of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
- (of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
- Foul; murky; sickly.
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Examples of "sallow" in Sentences
- She looked tired and sallow.
- They prefer the sallow leaves.
- The doctor said that he looks sallow.
- She was sallow and blond with white skin.
- They prefer the leaves of the broad leaved sallow.
- Asians were sallow, avaricious and easily distracted.
- Characteristic trees include alder, willow and sallow.
- The complexion becomes sallow, exactly alike in these cases.
- The larva feed on various deciduous trees such as oak, birch and sallow.