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yellowness

Variant of yellow

adjective

  1. of the color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons
  2. changed to a yellowish color as by age, as old paper
  3. having a yellowish pigmentation of the skin
  4. Informal cowardly; craven
  5. ☆ cheaply sensational: said of certain newspapers

noun

  1. a yellow color; color lying between orange and green in the color spectrum
  2. a pigment or dye that is yellow or capable of producing yellow
  3. the yolk of an egg
  4. any of several fungous or viral diseases of plants, causing yellowing of the leaves, stunting of growth, etc.
  5. jaundice, esp. in farm animals

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become yellow

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