Definitions for quercitronˈkwɜr sɪ trən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quer•ci•tronˈkwɜr sɪ trən(n.)
an oak, Quercus velutina, of E North America: the inner bark yields a yellow dye.
Category: Plants
the bark itself.
Category: Plants
the dye.
Origin of quercitron:
1785–95; < L quer(cus) oak +citron
Princeton's WordNet
quercitron(noun)
a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
black oak, yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina(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
Wiktionary
quercitron(Noun)
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
quercitron(Noun)
The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
Webster Dictionary
Quercitron(noun)
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
Quercitron(noun)
quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Quercitron
a yellow dye obtained from the bark of a North American oak.
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