Quercitrin

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

  Quercitrin \Quer"cit*rin\, n. [Cf. F. quercitrin. See
     {Quercitron}.] (Chem.)
     A glucoside extracted from the bark of the oak ({Quercus}) as
     a bitter citron-yellow crystalline substance, used as a
     pigment and called {quercitron}.
     [1913 Webster]