quercitron

n 1: a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree

2: 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 5-lobed leaves

are bristle-tipped [syn: {black oak}, {yellow oak}, {quercitron

oak}, {Quercus velutina}]