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FUSTIC
Etymology
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
Source: Wiktionary
Fus"tic, n. Etym: [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. Fustet.]
Definition: The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic. [Written also fustoc.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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