yellow rain
noun
small, powdery yellow deposits containing the fungal toxin tricothecene, found on leaves and other surfaces in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan in the early 1980s and alleged by some to be a chemical weapon disseminated by air but claimed by others to be pollen-containing bee excrement contaminated by fungus.
Origin of yellow rain
First recorded in 1975–80
Words nearby yellow rain
British Dictionary definitions for yellow rain
yellow rain
noun
a type of yellow precipitation described in parts of SE Asia and alleged by some to be evidence of chemical warfare using mycotoxins