sallow thorn
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[a^]l"l[-o]), 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. [1913 Webster]
And bend the pliant sallow to a shield.— Fawkes.[1913 Webster]
The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb.— Emerson.[1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc. [1913 Webster]
Sallow thorn (Bot.), 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. [1913 Webster]