QUERCITRON

quercitron

(noun) a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

quercitron (countable and uncountable, plural quercitrons)

A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.

The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.

Source: Wiktionary


Quer"cit*ron, n. Etym: [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.

2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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