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yellow flag

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yellow flag /ˌjɛləʊ ˈflaɡ /
noun
1 a yellow flag flown by a ship to indicate the presence on board of disease.
Motorsports a yellow flag used to signal to drivers that there is a hazard such as a crashed car ahead.
2 a yellow-flowered European iris which grows by water and in marshy places.
Iris pseudacorus, family Iridaceae.
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