quercitron Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
  2. noun 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 five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
    black oak; yellow oak; quercitron oak; Quercus velutina.

WordNet

Quer"cit*ron noun
Etymology
F. quercitron, the name of the name of tree; L. quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree.
Definitions
  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.

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