yellows

yel·low  (yl)

n.

1.

a. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers; any of a group of colors of a hue resembling that of ripe lemons and varying in lightness and saturation; one of the subtractive primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.

b. A pigment or dye having this hue.

c. Something that has this hue.

2. Chiefly Southern U.S. The yolk of an egg.

3. Western U.S. Gold. Used formerly by prospectors.

4. yellows Any of various plant diseases usually caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium or viruses of the genus Chlorogenus and characterized by yellow or yellowish discoloration.

adj. yel·low·er, yel·low·est

1. Of the color yellow.

2.

a. Having a yellow-brown skin color.

b. Offensive Of or being a person of Asian origin.

3. Slang Cowardly.

tr. & intr.v. yel·lowed, yel·low·ing, yel·lows

To make or become yellow: documents that had been yellowed by age; clouds that yellow in the evening light.

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[Middle English yelow, from Old English geolu; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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yellow·ness n.

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yellows  (ylz)

Any of various plant diseases characterized by yellowish discoloration and often by wilting, deformation, and stunted growth. Yellows may be caused by phytoplasmas, by ascomycete fungi of the genus Fusarium, or by a virus, especially of the genus Chlorogenus.