sallow
A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough woodA European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
» A tall man with a sallow complexion walked into the room and sat down next to Tom.
Ein großer Mann mit fahler Gesichtsfarbe kam in den Raum und setzte sich neben Tom. — Dani6187
Человек с землистым лицом вошел в комнату и сел рядом с Томом. — sharptoothed
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2 sensesA European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
Salweide
и́ва козьяíva kozʹja
A willow twig or branch.
1767, Francis Fawkes (translator), The Idylliums of Theocritus, London, for the author, Idyllium 16, p. 156, For lo! their spears the Syracusians wield, And bend the pliant sallow to a shield:
- any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
Examples
3 sentencesA tall man with a sallow complexion walked into the room and sat down next to Tom.
ruЧеловек с землистым лицом вошел в комнату и сел рядом с Томом. — sharptoothed
deEin großer Mann mit fahler Gesichtsfarbe kam in den Raum und setzte sich neben Tom. — Dani6187
Anne cast herself into Marilla's arms and rapturously kissed her sallow cheek.
deAnne warf sich Marilla in die Arme und küsste ihr vor Begeisterung die fahlen Wangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Barren trees are the fir, elder, birch, cypress, beech, ivy, sallow, linden and so on, but most of them afford shade.
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Origin
From Middle English salow, salwe, from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic *salh,From Middle English salow, salwe, from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic *salh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, masculine variant of *salhō, *salhijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂lk-, *sh₂lik-.
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