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Webster 1913 Edition
Fustic
Fus′tic
,Noun.
The wood of the
Maclura tinctoria
, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; – called also old fustic
. [Written also
fustoc
.] ☞ Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as that of species of
Xanthoxylum
, and especially the Rhus Cotinus
, which is sometimes called young fustic to distinguish it from the Maclura
. See Fustet
. Webster 1828 Edition
Fustic
FUS'TIC
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fustic
fustic
English
Alternative forms
- fustick (obsolete)
Noun
fustic (usually uncountable, plural fustics)
- A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.
- A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye.
- The wood of these trees.
- A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
Synonyms
- (American tree): old fustic, fustoc
- (European tree): young fustic, fustet, Venice sumac, Eurasian smoke tree
Quotations
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...nor can I tell to this day what wood to call the tree we cut down, except that it was very like the tree we call fustic, or between that and the Nicaragua wood, for it was much of the same colour and smell.
See also
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Old Fustic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Maclura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eurasian smoketree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Cotinus coggygria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Maclura tinctoria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies