fustic

[ fuhs-tik ]

noun

1. the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
2. the tree itself.
3. the dye.
4. any of several other dyewoods.

fustic

/ ˈfʌstɪk /

noun

1. Also calledold fustic a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria
2. the yellow dye obtained from the wood of this tree
3. any of various trees or shrubs that yield a similar dye, esp Rhus cotinus ( young fustic ), a European sumach

Word History and Origins

Origin of fustic¹

1425–75; late Middle English fustik < Middle French fustoc < Arabic fustuq < Persian pistah; akin to Greek pistákē pistachio tree

Word History and Origins

Origin of fustic¹

C15: from French fustoc , from Spanish, from Arabic fustuq , from Greek pistakē pistachio tree

Example Sentences

The wedding family stayed in Fustic House which cost £5,000 per night.

From The Guardian

Yell′owishness; Yell′ow-met′al, a brass consisting of sixty parts copper and forty parts zinc; Yell′owness; Yell′ow-root, an American herb whose root-stock yields berberine—also Orange-root, Goldenseal; Yell′ow-soap, common soap composed of tallow, resin, and soda; Yell′ow-wash, a lotion consisting of a mixture of mercuric chloride and lime-water; Yell′ow-weed, weld; Yell′ow-wood, a name given to Fustic and many other trees—e.g. satin-wood, and various kinds of podocarpus, rhus, xanthoxylum, &c.;

From Project Gutenberg

Yellow No. 2 Mordant the reed in a solution of alum, and boil it in an extract of fustic, a half hour.167 Green Mordant the reed in a solution of alum and water, and then dye it in the solution composition—three teaspoonfuls of indigo, a small crystal of copperas, and three pints of water.

From Project Gutenberg

Beautiful shades of brown, green, blue and red may be obtained by using logwood, indigo, fustic, cutch, madder, cochineal, and copperas.

From Project Gutenberg

Yellow Brown No. 2 Mix in a quart of water two tablespoonfuls of cutch extract, adding one and a half tablespoonfuls of fustic.

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