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yellow rain
yellow rainn. A powdery yellow substance that was reported in the 1970s and 1980s to drop from the air in Southeast Asia, claimed by the United States to be a fungal toxin used as a chemical weapon by the Soviet Union and later claimed by certain investigators to consist of the excrement of large swarms of bees.yellow rain n 1. (Military) a type of yellow precipitation described in parts of SE Asia and alleged by some to be evidence of chemical warfare using mycotoxins 2. (Physical Geography) a type of yellow precipitation described in parts of SE Asia and alleged by some to be evidence of chemical warfare using mycotoxins yel′low rain′
n. powdery yellow deposits containing a fungal toxin, tricothecene, identified in SE Asia and claimed by some to be a chemical weapon and by others to be contaminated bee excrement. [1975–80] yellow rain
A fungal toxin—trichothecene T-2—produced by the mold Fusarium, which had some currency as a biological weaponyel·low rain (yel'ō rān) A smoke, mist, or powder of various colors reported in Southeast Asia during the Vietman War and variously alleged to contain T-2 mycotoxin or to consist only of bee pollen excrement. |