Thesaurus: yellows

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1. n. A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
2. n. A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
3. n. 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.
4. 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
5. A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causingyellowness of the eyes; jaundice.His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows. Shak.
6. n yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons v turn yellow