Defenition of the word sallow

• Defenition of the word sallow

  • any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
  • cause to become sallow, as of complexion; "The illness has sallowed her face"
  • unhealthy looking
  • cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"
  • cause to become sallow

Synonyms for the word sallow

• • ashen
  • pale
  • pallid
  • sickly
  • wan
  • washed out
  • yellow

Similar words in the sallow

• • sallow
  • sallower
  • sallowest
  • unhealthy

Meronymys for the word sallow

• • genus Salix
  • Salix

Hyponyms for the word sallow

• • florist's willow
  • goat willow
  • pussy willow
  • Salix caprea

Hypernyms for the word sallow

• • discolor
  • willow
  • willow tree

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