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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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