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Webster 1913 Edition
Quercitin
Quer′ci-tin
(kwẽr′sĭ-tĭn)
, Noun.
(Chem.)
A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as in apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also
meletin
.