fustic

Meaning

Noun

• A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria (species), 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.

Related

Similar words

• old fustic, fustoc
• young fustic, fustet, Venice sumac, Eurasian smoke tree

Origin

• From Middle English fustik, from Middle French fustec, variant of fustet.