sallow, salghe, sally, sal we, salwhe

[A. S. sealh; cogn. with Icel. selja; Sw. sälg, sälj; Dan. selje; Ger. sahlweide; O. H. Ger. salaha: Lat. salix; Gael. seil each; Ir. sail, sail each; Wel. helyg, Gr. helike; Fr. saule, saulx; Ital. salcio, salce.] 1. Botany: (1) Salix caprea , the Common Sallow, called also the Goat Willow and Palm. [PALM-SUNDAY.] It flowers in April and May. "Bend the pliant sallow to a shield." Fawkes: Theocritus, Idyl. 16. (2) (Pl.): One of the three popular divisions of the genus Salix. Trees or shrubs, generally with downy, branched stipules; obovate, hoary, more or le wrinkled leaves, stipulate, with conspicuous veins on their lower side. Sallows are burnt to make charcoal. 2. Entom.: The genus Xanthia, spec if. the Sallow-moth (q. v.).