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Look up: fustic

  1. Fustic
    Fus'tic noun [ French fustoc , Spanish fustoc . Confer 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 ....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/90

  2. fustic
    The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; called also old fustic. ... Alternative forms: fustoc. ... Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as that of species of Xanthoxylum, and especially the Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes called yo...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  3. Fustic
    • (n.) The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  4. fustic
    either of two natural dyes. Old fustic, or yellowwood, is derived from the heartwood of dyer`s mulberry, a large, tropical American tree (Chlorophora ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/72

  5. fustic
    fustic: see mulberry.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09136

  6. Fustic
    Fustic is the wood of the tree Maclura tinctoria, a tree of the mulberry order growing in the West Indies. It is a large and handsome tree, and the timber, though, like most other dye-woods, brittle, or at least easily splintered, is hard and strong. It is extensively used as an ingredient in the dy...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. fustic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fŭs′tik Definitions: 1. A complex of natural dyes derived from trees of West India (Rhus cotinus) and Central and South America (Chlorophora tinctoria); used as mordant dyes for textiles. An important dye in the complex is morin, associated with the dye maclurin.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

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