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noun
A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The bark from which the dye is made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Broader terms: dyewood
noun
The tree from which the bark is obtained, the black oak, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Broader terms: dyewood, oak, tree
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: black oak, yellow oak, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina
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Broader terms: oak, oak tree
noun
a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dye, dyestuff
History
From blend of Latin quercus + French citron, coined by an English speaker, Edward Bancroft (1745-1821), with translingual applicability for international scientific vocabulary.
