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yellow boxes

yellow boxes is the plural of yellow box.

Meaning of yellow box

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
  2. (US, informal) A "tornado watch" notification category.
    • See also: severe thunderstorm watch

Questions about yellow boxes

What is yellow boxes the plural of?
Yellow boxes is the plural of yellow box.

Words near yellow boxes in the dictionary

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

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