Quercitin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quercitin \Quer"ci*tin\ (kw[~e]r"s[i^]*t[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
     A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely
     distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as in apple-tree bark,
     horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the
     decomposition of quercitrin. Called also {meletin}.
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