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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quercitrin  \Quer"cit*rin\,  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  Quercitrin,  used  as  a  pigment.  See  {Quercitrin}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 




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