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 five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped [syn: {black oak}, {yellow oak}, {quercitron}, {quercitron oak}, {Quercus velutina}]
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]
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]