Meanings
plural mellow yellows
- South AfricacountablehistoricalslangA yellow police car used in South Africa.
- uncountableSynonym of bananadine.
The smoking of dried scrapings from the inner portion of banana peel (bananadine or mellow yellow) has received the most national publicity.
1970, Oliver Erasmus Byrd, Medical readings on drug abuse1 more example
The most embarrassing and ludicrous event seldom recalled in the professional literature is the story of "bananadine" or "mellow yellow," […]
1983, Michael Myslobodsky, Hemisyndromes, psychobiology, neurology, psychiatrySynonyms: bananadine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of bananadine.
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