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yellow-skinned

yellow-skinned adjective: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Having yellow skin.

Adjective

yellow-skinned (not comparable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Having yellow skin.
    • Kaempferol was not also detectable in the fruits of yellow-skinned cactus pear[.]"2019, Solomon Habtemariam, Medicinal Foods as Potential Therapies for Type-2 Diabetes and Associated Diseases, page 448
  2. (derogatory, offensive) Of Far East Asian descent.
    • "Curse you, you yellow-skinned bastard."1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 598

Questions about yellow-skinned

What does yellow-skinned mean?
Yellow-skinned means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Having yellow skin.
What part of speech is yellow-skinned?
Yellow-skinned is an adjective.

Words near yellow-skinned in the dictionary

  1. yellow-rumps
  2. yellow-shafted flicker
  3. yellow-shafted flickers
  4. yellow-shouldered ladybird
  5. yellow-shouldered ladybirds
  6. yellow-skinned
  7. yellow-spot cadlina
  8. yellow-spotted
  9. yellow-spotted rock hyrax
  10. yellow-spotted rock hyraxes
  11. yellow-tail

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