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yellows |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yellows \Yel"lows\, n. 1. (Far.) 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. (Bot.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus. 3. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
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