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Quercitrin

Quer′cit-rin

,
Noun.
[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
.

Definition 2024


quercitrin

quercitrin

English

Noun

quercitrin (uncountable)

  1. A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.