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quercetin definition

quer·ce·tin (kwʉr′sə tin)

noun

the yellow, crystalline dyestuff, CHO, extracted from the inner bark of the black oak and also produced synthetically

Etymology: < L quercetum, oak forest < quercus, oak (< IE base *perkwus, oak > fir) + -in

Related Forms:

  • quercetic quer·cetic (kwər set′ik, -sēt′-) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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