There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
SALLOW
sallow, sickly
(adjective) unhealthy looking
sallow
(noun) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
sallow
(verb) cause to become sallow; “The illness has sallowed her face”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
sallow (comparative sallower, superlative sallowest)
(of skin) Yellowish.
(most regions, of light skin) Of a sickly pale colour.
(Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.
(of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
(of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
Dirty; murky.
Synonyms
• (sickly pale): See also pallid
Verb
sallow (third-person singular simple present sallows, present participle sallowing, simple past and past participle sallowed)
(intransitive) To become sallow.
(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.
Etymology 2
Noun
sallow (plural sallows)
A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
A willow twig or branch.
Synonyms
• (Salix caprea): goat willow
Anagrams
• allows
Source: Wiktionary
Sal"low, n. Etym: [OE. salwe, AS. sealth; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salwiede, Icel. selja L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr.
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.)
Definition: 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 Elæagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.
Sal"low, a. [Compar. Sallower; superl. Sallowest.] Etym: [AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. sölr yellow.]
Definition: Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin. Shak.
Sal"low, v. t.
Definition: To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic] July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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