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Found 3 hits - Term: quercitron, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[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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