YELLOWS
\jˈɛlə͡ʊz], \jˈɛləʊz], \j_ˈɛ_l_əʊ_z]\
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A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
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A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur.
By Oddity Software
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A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
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A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur.
By Noah Webster.
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An inflammation of the liver, or a kind of jaundice which affects horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes. "His horse. raied with the yellows."-Shak.: a disease of peach-trees, little heard of except in America, where it destroys whole orchards in a few years.
By Daniel Lyons
