quercitron

Meanings

Plural: quercitrons

Noun

• a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
• 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
• A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
• The black oak tree, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.

Synonyms

black oak, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina, yellow oak