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quercitron
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quercitron has 2 senses
- quercitron(n = noun.substance) Array - a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree; Array is a kind of dye, dyestuff
- quercitron(n = noun.plant) black oak, quercitron oak, quercus velutina, yellow oak - 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; Array is a kind of oak, oak tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
quercitron, n. [F. quercitron, the name of the name of tree; L. quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree.].
- 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] - Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin. [1913 Webster]
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