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fustic

(fus′tik)

noun

☆ a tropical American tree (Chlorophora tinctoria) of the mulberry family, from whose yellow wood dyes are extracted
any of these dyes
any of several other woods which yield dyes

Origin: ME fustik < OFr fustoc < Ar fustuq < Pers fistik > Gr pistakē, pistachio

See fustic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small dioecious tropical American tree (Chlorophora tinctoria) having wood that yields a yellow dyestuff.
The wood of this plant.
A dyestuff obtained from the wood of this plant.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fustik

Origin: , from Old French fustoc

Origin: , from Arabic fustuq

Origin: , from Greek pistakē, pistachio; see pistachio

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