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.

  1. the dye.

  2. any of several other dyewoods.

Origin of fustic

1
1425–75; late Middle English fustik<Middle French fustoc<Arabic fustuq<Persian pistah; akin to Greek pistákē pistachio tree
  • Also called old fustic (for defs. 1-3).

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fustic

/ (ˈfʌstɪk) /


noun
  1. Also called: old fustic a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria

  2. the yellow dye obtained from the wood of this tree

  1. any of various trees or shrubs that yield a similar dye, esp Rhus cotinus (young fustic), a European sumach

Origin of fustic

1
C15: from French fustoc, from Spanish, from Arabic fustuq, from Greek pistakē pistachio tree

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