yellows

POS

Noun Plural

HYPHEN

yel=lows

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CIDE DICTIONARY

yellows, n.

A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice. [1913 Webster]
"His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows." [1913 Webster]
A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

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ROGET THESAURUS

yellows

Jealousy

N jealousy, jealousness, jaundiced eye, envious suspicion, suspicion, green-eyed monster, yellows, Juno, jealous, jealous as a barbary pigeon, jaundiced, yellow-eyed, envious, hornmad.

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