Definitions for yellow rain

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

yel′low rain′(n.)

  1. 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.

    Category: Fungi

Origin of yellow rain:

1975–80


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