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Noun: quercitron  kwur-si-trun
  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 five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
    - black oak, yellow oak, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina

Derived forms: quercitrons

Type of: dye, dyestuff, oak, oak tree

Encyclopedia: Quercitron