old fustic
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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 Saunders, William
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