quercitron

American  

[kwur-si-truhn] / ˈkwɜr sɪ trən /

noun

1. an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.

2. the bark itself.

3. the dye obtained from this bark.

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Etymology

Origin of quercitron

1785–95; < Latin quer ( cus ) oak + citron

Example Sentences

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quercitron

The American quercitron bark gives us also a useful additional yellow dye.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

Brown.—Prepare a bath with 20 lb. cutch, 2 lb. copper sulphate, 4 lb. quercitron extract.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech

A very minute proportion of quercetin, a principle yielded by quercitron bark, has been obtained from catechu.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

But with larger proportions of logwood the color obtained was a fine bluish-black, and with the addition of a small proportion of fustic or quercitron bark to the logwood a jet black was readily produced.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

The dye-woods—fustic, Brazil wood, bar wood, Lima wood, cam wood, cutch, peach wood, quercitron bark, Persian berries—have since the introduction of the direct dyes lost much of their importance and are now little used.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech