fustic

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fus=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

fustic, 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.  [1913 Webster]
" 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fustic, n. a yellow dye obtained from either of two kinds of wood, esp. old fustic.

Idiom

old fustic
1 a tropical tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, native to America.
2 the wood of this tree.
young fustic
1 a sumac, Cotinus coggyria, native to Europe (also called Venetian sumac).
2 the wood of this tree.

Etymology

F f. Sp. fustoc f. Arab. fustuk f. Gk pistake pistachio