quercitron

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kwûr′si trən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
quer•ci•tron  (kwûr′si trən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyan oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.
  2. Plant Biologythe bark itself.
  3. the dye obtained from this bark.
  • Latin quer(cus) oak + citron
  • 1785–95

'quercitron' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
quercetin

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