different between fustoc vs fustic

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Noun

fustoc (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of fustic.

English

Alternative forms

• fustet, fustoc, fustick

Etymology

From Middle English fustik, from Middle French fustec, variant of fustet.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Noun

fustic (usually uncountable, plural fustics)

1. A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...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.

2. A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye.
3. The wood of these trees.
4. A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.

Synonyms

• (American tree): old fustic, fustoc
• (European tree): young fustic, fustet, Venice sumac, Eurasian smoke tree

Translations

References

• fustic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maclura tinctoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maclura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eurasian smoketree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cotinus coggygria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Maclura tinctoria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies