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 five-lobed leaves
            are bristle-tipped [syn: {black oak}, {yellow oak},
            {quercitron}, {quercitron oak}, {Quercus velutina}]

English Dictionary: quercitron	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quercitron oak n 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 Synonym(s): black oak, yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queer \Queer\, a. [Compar. {Queerer}; superl. {Queerest}.] [G.       quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow),       {OHG}. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS,       [thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. [thorn]verr thwart,       transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[8d]rhs angry, and perh. to L.       torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. {Torture}, {Through},       {Thwart}, a.]       1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in             some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular;             strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. [bd] A queer             look.[b8] --W. Irving.          2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer             transaction. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quercitannic \Quer`ci*tan"nic\, a. [L. quercus an oak + E.       tannic.] (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or designating, a tannic acid found in oak       bark and extracted as a yellowish brown amorphous substance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quercite \Quer"cite\, n. (Chem.)       A white crystalline substance, {C6H7(OH)5}, found in acorns,       the fruit of the oak ({Quercus}). It has a sweet taste, and       is regarded as a pentacid alcohol.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quercitin \Quer"ci*tin\, n. (Chem.)       A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely       distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as is apple-tree bark,       horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the       decomposition of quercitrin. Called also {meletin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quercitron \Quer"cit*ron\, n. [F. quercitron, the name of the       name of tree; L. quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree.]       1. The yellow inner bark of the {Quercus tinctoria}, the             American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron             oak, a large forest tree growing from Maine to eastern             Texas.          2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See {Quercitrin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quercitron \Quer"cit*ron\, n. [F. quercitron, the name of the       name of tree; L. quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree.]       1. The yellow inner bark of the {Quercus tinctoria}, the             American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron             oak, a large forest tree growing from Maine to eastern             Texas.          2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See {Quercitrin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.       eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]       1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks             have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and             staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,             called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a             scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now             recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly             fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,             Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few             barely reaching the northern parts of South America and             Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand             proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually             hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary             rays, forming the silver grain.          2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.          Note: Among the true oaks in America are:          {Barren oak}, or          {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.          {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.          {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or             {quercitron oak}.          {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also             {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.          {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.          {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.          {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also             called {enceno}.          {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all             for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.                      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.          {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.          {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.          {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.          {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.          {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.          {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.          {Swamp Spanish oak}, or          {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.          {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.          {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.          {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.          {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe             are:          {Bitter oak}, [or]          {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).          {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.          {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.          {Evergreen oak},          {Holly oak}, [or]          {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.          {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.          {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.          Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus                {Quercus}, are:          {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia             Africana}).          {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus             {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).          {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).          {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.          {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon             excelsum}).          {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Querist \Que"rist\, n. [See {Query}.]       One who inquires, or asks questions. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Querquedule \Quer"que*dule\, n. [L. querquedula.] (Zool.)       (a) A teal.       (b) The pintail duck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quirister \Quir"is*ter\, n. [See {Quire}, {Chorister}.]       A chorister. See {Chorister}. [R.] --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quirked \Quirked\, a.       Having, or formed with, a quirk or quirks.