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Dictionary definition and meaning for sallow

SALLOW

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  • (noun) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

  • (verb) cause to become sallow

    "The illness has sallowed her face"

  • (adj.) unhealthy looking

    synonyms : sickly

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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  • (Tag: ) Sounds like yellow, and after replacing sa with ye, sallow becomes yellow..

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  • (Tag: ) SALLOW and WILLOW are rhyming words, both of which refer to something yellow. Sallow is a yellowish jaundiced look just as the Willow tree which has yellow coloured leaves.

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