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De - Pt| English Dictionary: sallow thorn | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[acr]l"l[osl]), 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. And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes. The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson. 2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as {Salix caprea}, {S. cinerea}, etc. {Sallow thorn} (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae rhamnoides}) much like an El[91]agnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye. | |
