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How to use quercitron in a sentence

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Yellow dyes are chiefly given us by weld, quercitron bark, and old fustic, an American dye-wood.
Yellow dyes from native lichens and tree bark were replaced by Old Fustic, a flowering plant, and quercitron bark, both from North America.
In America scarlet was created from the cochineal beetle, black from logwood and yellow from quercitron.
Quercitron bark, inner bark of the black oak, Quercus velutina, which contains a colouring matter used to dye wool bright yellow or orange.
Examples from Classical Literature
If a dead black is wanted, add some decoction of quercitron or turmeric to the bath.
A very minute proportion of quercetin, a principle yielded by quercitron bark, has been obtained from catechu.
In winter they are passed through a slightly chalky water, then washed at the wheel, and dyed in quercitron or weld.
Some of the latter is so deficient as to afford colours nearly as fugitive as those of Brazil wood and quercitron.
Under the deep-furrowed, brown surface bark is a yellow layer, rich in tannin, and a dyestuff called quercitron.
In America quercitron is used for tanning, and in Europe for dyeing only.
The American quercitron bark gives us also a useful additional yellow dye.
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