Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quercus"
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)
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)
Quercus \Quer"cus\, n. [L., an oak.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See {Oak}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Quercus
n : oaks [syn: {Quercus}, {genus Quercus}]
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