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   yellow adder's tongue
         n 1: eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow
               flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
               [syn: {yellow adder's tongue}, {trout lily}, {amberbell},
               {Erythronium americanum}]

English Dictionary: yellow turnip by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow dwarf
n
  1. any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow dwarf of potato
n
  1. the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants [syn: {yellow dwarf of potato}, potato yellow dwarf]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow trefoil
n
  1. prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
    Synonym(s): black medick, hop clover, yellow trefoil, nonesuch clover, Medicago lupulina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow trumpet
n
  1. pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
    Synonym(s): huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow turnip
n
  1. the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
    Synonym(s): rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow water flag
n
  1. common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated
    Synonym(s): yellow iris, yellow flag, yellow water flag, Iris pseudacorus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow water lily
n
  1. a water lily with yellow flowers [syn: yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow watercress
n
  1. annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities
    Synonym(s): marsh cress, yellow watercress, Rorippa islandica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellow-throated marten
n
  1. large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma
    Synonym(s): yellow-throated marten, Charronia flavigula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellowthroat
n
  1. small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellowwood tree
n
  1. any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract
    Synonym(s): yellowwood, yellowwood tree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yielder
n
  1. a person who yields or surrenders [syn: surrenderer, yielder]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yeldrin \Yel"drin\[or] Yeldrine \Yel"drine\, n. [Cf. {Yellow}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The yellow-hammer; -- called also {yeldrock}, and {yoldrin}.
      [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yeldrin \Yel"drin\[or] Yeldrine \Yel"drine\, n. [Cf. {Yellow}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The yellow-hammer; -- called also {yeldrock}, and {yoldrin}.
      [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yeldrin \Yel"drin\[or] Yeldrine \Yel"drine\, n. [Cf. {Yellow}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The yellow-hammer; -- called also {yeldrock}, and {yoldrin}.
      [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.]
      [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin
      to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul,
      Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?]
      greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.]
      Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or
      brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the
      solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
  
               Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits,
               the green ear and the yellow sheaf.         --Milton.
  
               The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
  
      {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in
            which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly
            smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms
            are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and
            jaundice.
  
      {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark.
  
      {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass
            ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the
            Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with
            several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called
            also {barfish}.
  
      {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under
            {Persian}.
  
      {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot.
  
      {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}.
  
      {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga
            Cham[91]pitys}).
  
      {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer.
  
      {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the
            bashaw.
  
      {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; --
            called also {copiapite}.
  
      {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper
            pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}.
  
      {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant
            ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant.
           
  
      {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}.
  
      {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes
            used as a yellow pigment.
  
      {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile
            disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice,
            producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black
            vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine},
            and 3d {Flag}.
  
      {Yellow jack}.
      (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}.
      (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}.
  
      {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the
            color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are
            noted for their irritability, and for their painful
            stings.
  
      {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite.
  
      {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel.
  
      {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}.
  
      {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown
            iron ore, which is used as a pigment.
  
      {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant
            ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye
            daisy.
  
      {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See
            {Perch}.
  
      {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye.
  
      {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also,
            their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the
            most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P.
            palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P.
            ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and
            Pacific States.
  
      {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover.
  
      {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which
            is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding
            corrosive sublimate to limewater.
  
      {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}.
  
      {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana
            Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow,
            darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish
            yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also
            {yellow crake}.
  
      {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle},
            and {Rocket}.
  
      {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European
            stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by
            anglers.
  
      {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet.
  
      {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus
            inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to
            ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed
            with black, and anteriorly with black lines.
  
      {Yellow spot}.
      (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the
            fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision
            is most accurate. See {Eye}.
      (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius})
            of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a
            large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind
            wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's
            skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5.
  
      {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of
            India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow
            and green.
  
      {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance.
  
      {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the
            predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva},
            which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called
            also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer
            yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}.
           
  
      {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in
            water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate
            to limewater.
  
      {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The European willow warbler.
      (b) The European wood warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellowthroat \Yel"low*throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the
      genus {Geothlypis}, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat ({G.
      trichas}), which is a very common species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yielder \Yield"er\, n.
      One who yields. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yeldrin \Yel"drin\[or] Yeldrine \Yel"drine\, n. [Cf. {Yellow}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The yellow-hammer; -- called also {yeldrock}, and {yoldrin}.
      [Prov. Eng.]
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