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Yellowness

The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.

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Amber 76% connected

A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It take…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Canary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

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Gamboge 76% connected

A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, fro…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gold 76% connected

Alt. of Goolde

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Lemon 76% connected

An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Maize 76% connected

A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on c…

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Saffron 76% connected

A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Straw 76% connected

To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.

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Wheat 76% connected

A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the hu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yellowish 74% connected

Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Yellowish 74% connected

Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Yellow 92% connected

Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is be…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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