huangbo

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Scope note
A yellow natural organic dye believed to originate from the Amur cork tree, Phellodendron amurense, of which berberine is the principal colorant. The paper of roughly 40,000 early printed Chinese documents was dyed yellow by this extract.
huangbo
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024