canary yellow

noun

canary (def. 2).

Origin of canary yellow

First recorded in1860–65

Words nearby canary yellow

canarybird flower, canary creeper, canary grass, Canary Islands, canary seed, canary yellow, Canasa, canasta, canaster, Canavan's disease, Canaveral

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Example sentences from the Web for canary yellow

Lucy found her aunt in a little room of china-blue and canary-yellow which looked out over the Park.
A Lost Cause|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
The cultivated tree is distinguished by its darker green leaves, and by its smaller, bright, canary-yellow flowers.
American Forest Trees|Henry H. Gibson
Round his middle was a canary-yellow sash, and dainty little ribbons of the same colour fluttered from the sides of his knees.
Rodney Stone|Arthur Conan Doyle
They dye these stuffs with the red juice extracted from the fruit of a species of fig-tree, or in canary-yellow.
The Human Race|Louis Figuier

It was too much that the mistress of the house should have left her canary-yellow silk sweater on the foot of one bed.
The Innocents|Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for canary yellow

canary yellow

noun

a moderate yellow colour, sometimes with a greenish tinge
(as adjective)a canary-yellow car

Sometimes shortened to: canary

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单词	canary yellow
释义	canary yellow noun canary (def. 2). Origin of canary yellow First recorded in1860–65 Words nearby canary yellow canarybird flower, canary creeper, canary grass, Canary Islands, canary seed, canary yellow, Canasa, canasta, canaster, Canavan's disease, Canaveral Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for canary yellow Lucy found her aunt in a little room of china-blue and canary-yellow which looked out over the Park. A Lost Cause\|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull The cultivated tree is distinguished by its darker green leaves, and by its smaller, bright, canary-yellow flowers. American Forest Trees\|Henry H. Gibson Round his middle was a canary-yellow sash, and dainty little ribbons of the same colour fluttered from the sides of his knees. Rodney Stone\|Arthur Conan Doyle They dye these stuffs with the red juice extracted from the fruit of a species of fig-tree, or in canary-yellow. The Human Race\|Louis Figuier It was too much that the mistress of the house should have left her canary-yellow silk sweater on the foot of one bed. The Innocents\|Sinclair Lewis British Dictionary definitions for canary yellow canary yellow noun a moderate yellow colour, sometimes with a greenish tinge (as adjective)a canary-yellow car Sometimes shortened to: canary 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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