fustic

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fustic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fustic \Fus"tic\, n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. 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.]
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     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.
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