quercitron
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- dye
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- Quercitron bark.jpg
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- natural product of taxon
- Quercus velutina
- color produced
- orange
- name
- quercitron
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thumb|upright|Chemical structure of quercitrin, the active dyeing principle of quercitron thumb|upright|Powdered quercitron
Quercitron is a yellow natural dye obtained from the bark of the Eastern Black Oak (Quercus velutina), a forest tree indigenous in North America. It was formerly called Dutch pink, English pink, or Italian pink.
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