- S cinerea
- Sallow Sal"low (s[a^]l"l[-o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin
to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail,
saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
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And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes. [1913 Webster]
The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as {Salix caprea}, {S. cinerea}, etc. [1913 Webster]
{Sallow thorn} (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae rhamnoides}) much like an El[ae]agnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
