Definition of Quercine

1. Adjective. Having characteristics of an oak (of genus ''Quercus'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quercine

1. pertaining to oaks [adj] - See also: oaks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercine

quencht
quenda
quenelle
quenelles
quenepa
quenepas
quenouille training
quenselite
quenstedtite
quep
quercetic
quercetin
quercetins
quercicobufagin
quercin
quercine (current term)
quercins
quercitannic
quercitannic acid
quercite
quercitin
quercitrin
quercitron
quercitron oak
quercitrons
quercivorous
quercus
querele
quereles

Literary usage of Quercine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Extracts from the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham, from the Original by Durham Cathedral, Joseph Thomas Fowler (1899)
"Item vj scale longe quercine, ... household vessels and furniture, gardening and other tools, ij scale quercine, unus pannus ventr. ..."

2. The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory (1832)
"In the latter, it is the decomposed animal matter; in the former, the decomposed vegetable or quercine matter of the oak, probably its tannin, which proves ..."

3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... No concave vast repeats the tender hue That laves my milk-jug with celestial blue. Me wretched! let me curr to quercine shades! ..."

4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... No concave vast repeats the tender hue That laves my milk-jug with celestial blue ! Me wretched! Let me curr to quercine shades! ..."

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