quercitron
nounThe bright orange inner bark of the eastern black oak, from which a yellow dye is obtained.
nounThe dye obtained from this bark.
nounThe black or dyers’ oak, Quercus tinctoria, a tree from 70 to 100 feet high, common through the eastern half of the United States and in southern Canada.
nounThe bark of this tree.
nounThe yellow inner bark of the
Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See
A
The black oak
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
nouna yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree