fustet

noun

fus·​tet

¦fə¦stet

plural -s

1

: smoke tree sense 1a

2

: the yellow dyewood of the European smoke tree

called also young fustic

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French fustet, fustel, from Old Provençal, probably from Old Catalan fustet, from Arabic fustaq, fustuq

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