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.

---

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

---

Etymology

Origin of fustic

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

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fustic

A stain from 4 oz. of fustic dust and chips boiled in 1 quart of water produces similar but somewhat darker and more permanent results.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

Ebony, rosewood, fustic, lancewood, mahogany, and other choice woods are very abundant, especially the mahogany, which grows to enormous size.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou

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

From Wood and Forest by William Noyes

The greens from fustic are more permanent and yellower.

From Intarsia and Marquetry by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

I purchased a few thousand cocoa-nuts and some fustic, which I took on board, and sailed for Cape Gracios a Dios, touching at Corn Island.

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

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---