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Definition: Fustic
Fustic
\Fus"tic\, n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf.
Fustet.]
The wood of the
Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the
West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also
old fustic
. [Written also
fustoc.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: 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.
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