yellows \yel"lows\, n.
   1. far. a disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep,
      causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
      1913 webster

            his horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the
            yellows.                              --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. bot. a disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which
      the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. a group of butterflies in which the predominating
      color is yellow. it includes the common small yellow
      butterflies. called also redhorns, and sulphurs. see
      sulphur.
      1913 webster
see also:
redhorns sulphurs sulphur