ADJECTIVE | all | sallow, sickly | unhealthy looking |
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VERB | change | sallow | cause to become sallow |
NOUN | plant | sallow | any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins |
Meaning | unhealthy looking. | |
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Synonym | sickly | |
Broader | unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
Spanish | débil, delicado, enfermizo, macilento, malsano | |
Catalan | dèbil, delicat, macilent, malaltís, malsà | |
Nouns | sallowness | a sickly yellowish skin color |
Meaning | Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal. | |
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Member of | Salix, genus Salix | A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees |
Narrower | goat willow, florist's willow, pussy willow, Salix caprea | Much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves |
Broader | willow, willow tree | Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix |
Meaning | Cause to become sallow. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The illness has sallowed her face" | |
Broader | discolor | Cause to lose or change color |
Catalan | esgrogueir |
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