Associations to the word «Sallow»

Wiktionary

SALLOW, adjective. (heading) Yellowish skin colour.
SALLOW, adjective. (most regions) (of Caucasian skin) Of a sickly pale colour.
SALLOW, adjective. (Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
SALLOW, adjective. Dirty; murky.
SALLOW, noun. A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
SALLOW, noun. Willow twigs.
SALLOW SEDGE, noun. Carex lurida, native to eastern North America.

Dictionary definition

SALLOW, noun. Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal.
SALLOW, verb. Cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face".
SALLOW, adjective. Unhealthy looking.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca