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(kwʉr′sə tin)

noun

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

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

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noun

A yellow powdered crystalline compound, C₁₅H₁₀O₇, synthesized or occurring as a glycoside in the rind and bark of numerous plants, and used medicinally to treat abnormal capillary fragility.

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Origin: Latin quercētum, oak forest (from quercus, oak; see perk^wu- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + -in

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