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yellow box

yellow box noun: any of various eucalyptus trees, especially Eucalyptus melliodora of southeastern Australia. Also the informal form of box junction.

Noun

yellow box (plural yellow boxes)

  1. (Australia) Any of various eucalyptus trees, especially Eucalyptus melliodora of southeastern Australia.
    • ‘[T]he old man would sit his horse out there in the shade of a yellowbox that grew just outside the garden fence.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 61
    • Deep in the bush, beneath the pale disc of the moon, a dozen men gathered around a yellow-box fire.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 284
  2. (US, informal) A "tornado watch" notification category.
    • See also: severe thunderstorm watch

Also used as

yellow box is also the informal form of box junction.

Forms of yellow box

pluralyellow boxes
alternative formyellowbox

Questions about yellow box

What does yellow box mean?
Yellow box means any of various eucalyptus trees, especially Eucalyptus melliodora of southeastern Australia.
What part of speech is yellow box?
Yellow box is a noun.
What is the plural of yellow box?
The plural of yellow box is yellow boxes.

Words near yellow box in the dictionary

  1. yellow bitterns
  2. yellow bob
  3. yellow bobs
  4. yellow bone
  5. yellow bones
  6. yellow box
  7. yellow boxes
  8. yellow boy
  9. yellow boys
  10. yellow brain
  11. yellow brain fungi

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