mellow yellow

noun — 2 senses

mellow yellow

noun
1

South Africa, Historical, Slang A yellow police car used in South Africa.

2

Synonym 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 abuse:
  • 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, psychiatry:

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