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yellow rain
noun
- small, powdery yellow deposits containing the fungal toxin tricothecene, found on leaves and other surfaces in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan in the early 1980s and alleged by some to be a chemical weapon disseminated by air but claimed by others to be pollen-containing bee excrement contaminated by fungus.
yellow rain
noun
- a type of yellow precipitation described in parts of SE Asia and alleged by some to be evidence of chemical warfare using mycotoxins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yellow rain1
First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences
The models strode the catwalk as models do, scampering down the runway in the season’s essentials — vintage T-shirts, yellow rain boots, a camo-print backpack — before a virtual audience.
From Washington Post
An abundance of pollen in the air accounts for the occasional fall of yellow rain, described as sulphur rain, golden showers, etc.
From Project Gutenberg
A cherry-tree beside the house was fast losing its leaves in a yellow rain.
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He shook his dripping hat, and hung up the stiff yellow rain-coat that he called a 'slicker.'
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