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单词 yellow rain
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yellow rain


noun

small, powdery yellow deposits containing the fungal toxin tricothecene, found on leaves and other surfaces in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan in the early 1980s and alleged by some to be a chemical weapon disseminated by air but claimed by others to be pollen-containing bee excrement contaminated by fungus.

Origin of yellow rain

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby yellow rain

yellow peril, yellow pikeperch, yellow pine, yellow poplar, yellow puccoon, yellow rain, yellow rattle, yellow ribbon, Yellow River, yellow-rumped warbler, yellow rust
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British Dictionary definitions for yellow rain

yellow rain

noun

a type of yellow precipitation described in parts of SE Asia and alleged by some to be evidence of chemical warfare using mycotoxins
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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