Chem. [f. L. quercus oak + -ITE1 4.] A sweet crystalline alcohol obtained from acorns.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., III. 72. Quercite … from acorns…. Transparent prisms.
1863. Fownes, Chem., 434. The juice of the acorn is submitted to fermentation. The fermented liquor, on evaporation, yields small prisms of quercite.
Hence Quercitin(e) = QUERCETIN (Webster 1864, citing Gregory). Quercitol = QUERCITE (Watts, Dict. Chem., 3rd Suppl. 1881).
