Yellows

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice. His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows. Shak.

2. A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.

3. 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.