| yellows | 1. <veterinary> A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice. "His horse . . . Sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows." (Shak) 2. <botany> A disease of plants, especially. Of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish colour; jeterus. 3. <zoology> A group of butterflies in which the predominating colour is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Synonym: redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| yellowseed | <botany> A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yellowshins | <zoology> See Yellolegs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |