quercine [kwur-sin, -sahyn] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of or relating to an oak.
Origin of quercine 1650–60; Latin querc(us) oak (see fir) + -ine2 Examples from the Web for quercine Historical Examples of quercine
Let me curr to quercine shades Effund your albid hausts, lactiferous maids!
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Oliver Wendell Holmes