flāvĕo, ēre, v. n. [flavus],
to be golden yellow or gold-colored , to be light yellow (poet.): sed cum maturis flavebit messis aristis, Col. poët. 10, 311; Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 124.—In part. pres. : flaventes cerae, Ov. M. 8, 671: culta, Verg. G. 4, 126: Clytius flavens prima lanugine malas, id. A. 10, 324.