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mellow yellows

mellow yellows is the plural of mellow yellow.

Meaning of mellow yellow

Noun

mellow yellow (countable and uncountable, plural mellow yellows)

  1. (South Africa, countable, historical, slang) A yellow police car used in South Africa.
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of bananadine.
    • The smoking of dried scrapings from the inner portion of banana peel (bananadine or mellow yellow) has received the most national publicity.1970, Oliver Erasmus Byrd, Medical readings on drug abuse
    Synonyms:
    bananadine

Questions about mellow yellows

What is mellow yellows the plural of?
Mellow yellows is the plural of mellow yellow.

Words near mellow yellows in the dictionary

  1. mellow bug
  2. mellow bugs
  3. mellow out
  4. mellow rock
  5. mellow yellow
  6. mellow yellows
  7. mellowcreme
  8. mellowcremes
  9. mellowed
  10. mellowed out
  11. mellowedness

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