What does fustic mean?
Definitions for fustic
ˈfʌs tɪkfus·tic
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fusticnoun
A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.
fusticnoun
A European tree, Eurasian smoketree whose wood produces an orange dye.
fusticnoun
The wood of these trees.
fusticnoun
A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.
Etymology: Middle English, fustik; derived from Old French, fustoc; derived from Arabic, فستق; derived from Persian, فستق.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fusticnoun
A sort of wood brought from the West-Indies, used in dying of cloath. Dict.
Webster Dictionary
Fusticnoun
the wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic
Etymology: [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. Fustet.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fustic
fus′tik, n. the wood of a West Indian tree, formerly much used as a dye.—Also Fus′toc. [Fr. fustoc, yellow—Sp. fustoc—L. fustis.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fustic in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fustic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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