adj. & v.
—adj. (sallower, sallowest) (of the skin or complexion, or of a person) of a sickly yellow or pale brown.
—v.tr. & intr. make or become sallow.
Derivatives:
sallowish adj. sallowness n.
Etymology: OE salo dusky f. Gmc
2.
n.
1 a willow-tree, esp. one of a low-growing or shrubby kind.
2 the wood or a shoot of this.
Derivatives:
sallowy adj.
Etymology: OE salh salg- f. Gmc, rel. to OHG salaha, ON selja, L salix
Useful english dictionary. 2012.