sallow moth

Entom.: Xanthia cerago, a moth with pale yellow, purplish-marked forewings and white hindwings. The violet-brown larva feeds on the sallow. sallow-thorn, s . Bot.: The genus Hippophae (q. v.). sal-lōw, *sal-ow, *sal-owe, *salwhe, a . [A. S. salu; cogn. with Dut. zaluw =tawny, yellow; Icel. sõlr =yellowish; O. H. Ger. salo =dusky; M. H. Ger. sal ; Fr. sale dirty.] Of a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with dark yellow. (Applied to the skin or complexion.) "What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosa line." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , ii. 3.