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quercitron en · NOUN

Etymology

From blend of Latin quercus + French citron, coined by an English speaker, Edward Bancroft (1745-1821), with translingual applicability for international scientific vocabulary.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
2. (countable, uncountable) The bark from which the dye is made.
   • Fustic will also dye a yellow with alum for a mordaunt, either on woolen or silk, but it makes a poor color in comparison with the Quercitron, (American yellow oak bark.) 1847, editorial staff, “To Dye Yellow Color”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72:
3. (countable, uncountable) The tree from which the bark is obtained, the black oak, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.

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Hypernyms

dyewood · oak · dyewood · tree

wikidata: Q1001011 · wikipedia: Edward Bancroft · wikidata: Q4356365