fustic
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English fustik, from Middle French fustec, variant of fustet.
Pronunciation
Noun
fustic (usually uncountable, plural fustics)
- A tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye.
- 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, , London: W Taylor , →OCLC:
- […] 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.
- 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
Translations
Cotinus coggygria
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References
fustic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Maclura tinctoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Maclura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eurasian smoketree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cotinus coggygria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Maclura tinctoria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
