fustic

[ fuhs-tik ]

noun

1. the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
2. the tree itself.
3. the dye.
4. any of several other dyewoods.

fustic

/ ˈfʌstɪk /

noun

1. Also calledold fustic a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria
2. the yellow dye obtained from the wood of this tree
3. any of various trees or shrubs that yield a similar dye, esp Rhus cotinus ( young fustic ), a European sumach

Word History and Origins

Origin of fustic¹

1425–75; late Middle English fustik < Middle French fustoc < Arabic fustuq < Persian pistah; akin to Greek pistákē pistachio tree

Word History and Origins

Origin of fustic¹

C15: from French fustoc , from Spanish, from Arabic fustuq , from Greek pistakē pistachio tree

Example Sentences

The old fustic of the English dyer, as the article fustet is their yellow fustic.

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Fustic occurs in commerce in blocks, which are brown without, and of a brownish-yellow within.

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Fustic--growing at Newcastle, and its vicinity, forbid to be cut without permission from the governor.

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By altering the proportions of madder and fustic various shades of brown can be got.

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Dip blue-stained articles for a short time in nitro-hydrochlorate of tin, and then in a hot decoction of fustic.

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