yellow berry

noun

1
yellow berries plural : buckthorn berries
2
: a condition of mature grains of hard wheat resulting from nitrogen deficiency and marked by the occurrence of light yellow opaque soft and starchy kernels among the normally hard dark translucent red amber grains
also : one of these kernels
3
usually yellowberry
ˈ⸗⸗-—see berry
: persian berry

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“Yellow berry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20berry. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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