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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quercitron \quer"citron\, n. f. quercitron, the name of the
name of tree; l. quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree.
1. the yellow inner bark of the quercus tinctoria, the
american black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron
oak, a large forest tree growing from maine to eastern
texas.
1913 webster
2. quercitrin, used as a pigment. see quercitrin.
1913 webster
see also:
quercus tinctoria quercitrin
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quercitrin \quer"citrin\, n. cf. f. quercitrin. see
quercitron. chem.
a glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak quercus as
a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a
pigment and called quercitron.
1913 webster
see also:
quercitron quercus quercitron
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
quercitron
n 1: a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
2: medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern united
states and southeastern canada having dark outer bark and
yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad 5-lobed leaves
are bristle-tipped syn: black oak, yellow oak, quercitron
oak, quercus velutina
see also:
black oak yellow oak quercitron oak quercus velutina
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