quercitron noun3 •A yellow dye obtained from the bark of the black oak. •The bark from which the dye is made.Fustic will also dye a yellow with alum for a mordaunt, either on woolen or silk, but it makes a poor color in comparison with the Quercitron, (American yellow oak bark.) — 1847 •The tree from which the bark is obtained, the black oak, Quercus velutina, indigenous to North America. formsquercitrons