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quercine

[ kwur-sin, -sahyn ]

/ ˈkwɜr sɪn, -saɪn /

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adjective

of or relating to an oak.

Nearby words

quentin, quercetic, quercetin, quercia, quercia, jacopo della, quercine, quercitannic acid, quercitol, quercitron, quercus, querent

Origin of quercine

1650–60; < Latin querc(us) oak (see fir) + -ine²

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Examples from the Web for quercine

Let me curr to quercine shades Effund your albid hausts, lactiferous maids!
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table|Oliver Wendell Holmes