'Quercitron' definitions:
Definition of 'quercitron'
From: WordNet
noun
A yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
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 [syn: black oak, yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina]
Definition of 'Quercitron'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'quercitron'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]