yellow box
noun1
Australia Any of various eucalyptus trees, especially Eucalyptus melliodora of southeastern Australia.
- ‘[T]he old man would sit his horse out there in the shade of a yellowbox that grew just outside the garden fence.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 61:
- Deep in the bush, beneath the pale disc of the moon, a dozen men gathered around a yellow-box fire.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 284:
2
Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences US, Informal A "tornado watch" notification category.
- See also: severe thunderstorm watch
3
Informal Informal form of box junction.