Meaning of fustic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye.
   uncountable, usually
2. A Eurasian smoketree (Cotinus coggygria), whose wood produces an orange dye.
   uncountable, usually
3. Wood of these trees.
   uncountable, usually
4. A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
   uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“[…]nor can I tell⟳ to this day what wood to call⟳ the tree we cut⟳ down, except that it was very like⟳ the tree we call⟳ fustic, or between that and the Nicaragua wood, for it was much of the same colour and smell⟳.”

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