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yellow leaf
noun
Definition of yellow leaf
1 : any of several diseases of plants characterized by chlorosis of the foliage (as cherry leaf spot)
2 : the latter years of life : old age my way of life is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf — Shakespeare fifty-three … the yellow leaf is upon me — Christopher Isherwood
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