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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“Yellow leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20leaf. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
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