Sallow /(săl"lō̇)/

Sal·low

Sallow

n.
  1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic]
    And bend the pliant sallow to a shield.
    — Fawkes.
    The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb.
  2. A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds
Sallow thorn
a European thorny shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) much like an Elaeagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.

Sallow

a.
  1. Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

Sallow

v. t.
  1. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]
    July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.