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Quercitron

Latin
“oak-derived yellow dye”
Where it comes from
quercus ('oak') combined with 'citron'
Fun Fact
Quercitron was a major source of yellow dye in the 18th and 19th centuries, extracted from the bark of the black oak, Quercus velutina, before synthetic dyes largely replaced it.
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