1. 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
   "The quercitron's yellow inner bark was historically prized for tanning leather";
   - black oak, yellow oak, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina
    
2. A yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
   "Quercitron was widely used in the 19th century for dyeing textiles"

Derived forms: quercitrons

Type of: dye, dyestuff, oak, oak tree

Encyclopedia: Quercitron