Found 2 items, similar to Quercitron.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quercitron
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quercitron
Quercitron
\Quer"cit*ron\, 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.
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2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See
Quercitrin.
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