Meaning of yellow box | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various eucalyptus trees, especially Eucalyptus melliodora of southeastern Australia.
   Australia
2. A "tornado watch" notification category.
   US, informal
3. Informal form of box junction.
   form-of, informal

Examples

“‘[T]he old man would sit his horse out there in the shade of a yellowbox that grew just outside the garden fence.’”

“Deep in the bush, beneath the pale disc of the moon, a dozen men gathered around a yellow-box fire.”

“See also: severe thunderstorm watch”

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