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fustic Definition


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fustic
noun
    1. The wood of a tropical American tree. Also called old fustic.
    2. The yellow dye obtained from the old fustic or the young fustic.
Etymology: 16c: from French fustoc, through Spanish from Arabic fustuq, from Greek pistake pistachio.



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