fustic

American  

[fuhs-tik] / ˈfʌs tɪk /

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.

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fustic British  

/ 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

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

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Etymology

Origin of fustic

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

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Example Sentences

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fustic

Wood dyes are obtained by boiling and distilling such woods as sumach, logwood, red sanders, and fustic.

From Wood and Forest by William Noyes

But the best greens are undoubtedly got from weld and fustic.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

This tree is sometimes called old fustic, in order to distinguish it from another commercial dye called young fustic, which is obtained in Europe from a species of Rhus.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders

Changed "fustick" to "fustic" on page 40: "fustic, sarsaparilla, &c."

From Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... by Jacob Dunham

Dye with 6 per cent fustic, 33 per cent logwood.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

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