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| fus·tic [ fústik ] (plural fus·tics) |
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1. yellow dye: a yellow dye obtained from the wood of some trees
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2. wood yielding yellow dye: the wood from which the dye fustic is obtained
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3. dye-yielding tropical tree: a tree whose wood yields the dye fustic. Native to: tropical America. Latin name Chlorophora tinctoria.
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4. dye-yielding European tree: a tree whose wood yields the dye fustic. Native to: Europe. Latin name Cotinus coggyria.
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| [15th century. Via Old French fustoc< Arabic fustuḳ< Greek pistakē "pistachio tree"] |
