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1: a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta [syn: {Huang He}, {Hwang Ho}]

1: noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium [syn: {rockcress}, {rocket cress}, {Barbarea vulgaris}, {Sisymbrium barbarea}]

1: perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves [syn: {goldenseal}, {golden seal}, {turmeric root}, {Hydrastis Canadensis}]

1: European perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower [syn: {Tragopogon dubius}]

1: plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia [syn: {Abronia latifolia}]

1: part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia

1: slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads [syn: {Haplopappus spinulosus}]

1: any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves 2: a yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision [syn:...

1: fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia) [syn: {Cercospora kopkei}]

1: medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood [syn: {red spruce}, {eastern spruce}, {Picea rubens}]

1: any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks 2: squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck

1: European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States [syn: {Barnaby's thistle}, {Centaurea solstitialis}]

1: biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop [syn: {Melilotus officinalis}]

1: prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America [syn: {black medick}, {hop clover}, {nonesuch clover}, {Medicago lupulina}]

1: pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect wide-mouth yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with erect lids [syn: {huntsman's horn}, {huntsman's horns}, {yellow pitcher plant}, {trumpets}, {...

1: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food [syn: {rutabaga}, {swede}, {swedish turnip}]

1: southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation [syn: {Antirrhinum filipes}]

1: scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage [syn: {common vetchling}, {meadow pea}, {Lathyrus pratensis}]

1: yellow-throated American wood warbler [syn: {golden warbler}, {yellowbird}, {Dendroica petechia}]

1: common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated [syn: {yellow iris}, {yellow flag}, {Iris pseudacorus}]

1: a water lily with yellow flowers [syn: {Nuphar lutea}]

1: annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities [syn: {marsh cress}, {Rorippa islandica}]

1: offensive term for an Oriental woman

1: easily frightened [syn: {chicken}, {chickenhearted}, {lily-livered}, {white-livered}, {yellow}]

1: eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen [syn: {Sphyrapicus varius}]

1: freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets [syn: {slider}, {Pseudemys scripta}]

1: a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned [syn: {tetartanopia}]

1: confusion of yellow and blue [syn: {yellow-blue dichromacy}]

1: confusion of yellow and blue [syn: {yellow-blue color blindness}]

1: common in Russia and Siberia [syn: {Emberiza aureola}]

1: American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds [syn: {Icteria virens}]

1: a medium to dark brownish yellow color [syn: {amber}, {brownish-yellow}]

1: North American night heron [syn: {Nyctanassa violacea}]

1: a now-illegal labor contract whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union

1: any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States

1: plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places [syn: {Xyridaceae}, {family Xyridaceae}]

1: mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue [syn: {Aedes aegypti}]

1: midway between yellow and green

1: any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment

1: a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew [syn: {Falcatifolium taxoides}]

1: large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail [syn: {Colaptes auratus}, {yellowhammer}]

1: large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma [syn: {Charronia flavigula}]

1: heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America [syn: {rockchuck}, {Marmota flaviventris}]

1: yellow-throated American wood warbler [syn: {yellow warbler}, {golden warbler}, {Dendroica petechia}] 2: American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer [syn: {New world goldfinch}, {go...

1: an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore [syn: {U308}]

1: changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment" [syn: {yellow}]

1: may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics [syn: {yellowfin tuna}, {Thunnus albacares}]

1: a fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: {surffish}, {surf fish}, {Umbrina roncador}]

1: popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [syn: {Gerres cinereus}]

1: may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics [syn: {yellowfin}, {Thunnus albacares}]

1: large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail [syn: {yellow-shafted flicker}, {Colaptes auratus}] 2: European bunting the male being bright yellow...

1: similar to the color of an egg yolk [syn: {yellow}, {xanthous}]

1: a medium to dark tan color [syn: {raw sienna}, {buff}, {caramel}, {caramel brown}]

1: a shade of green tinged with yellow [syn: {yellow green}, {chartreuse}, {Paris green}, {pea green}]

1: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: {apricot}, {peach}, {salmon pink}]

1: a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake

1: either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons [syn: {yellow}]

1: a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park [syn: {Yellowstone River}]

1: the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears