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DYC en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism) Initialism of damn (or damned) yellow composite: any hard-to-identify yellow-flowered member of the sunflower family (Compositae).
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   • Herbalist Michael Moore describes Arnica as a "DYC," or "damn yellow composite." For beginners studying flora, the yellow members of this family tend to cause confusion. 1989, Janice J. Schofield, Richard W. Tyler, Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada, the Northwest, page 131:
   • At times, it seems as though all flowers are D. Y. C.'s, but these brash newcomers of all colors account for[…] 1981, Kent Dannen, Donna Dannen, Rocky Mountain Wildflowers, page 29:
   • The most common though sometimes difficult to tell apart yellow members of the sunflower family are arnicas, groundsels, goldenrods, and mountain-dandelions. There are so many confusing members of this family that some botanizers use the term DYC for "damn yellow composite." 2008, James Luther Davis, The Northwest Nature Guide, page 205:
   • Hymenoxys richardsonii, like H. acaulis, covers a very wide range and could possibly come into the category of "just another D.Y.C." (Damned Yellow Composite). 2002, Graham Nicholls, Alpine Plants of North America, page 145:

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Relateds

LBM · DWC · LBJ

Translations (1)

es PCA (damn yellow composite)