fusteric

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noun

The colouring matter of fustet, once used in dyeing.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounfusteric (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe colouring matter of fustet, once used in dyeing.

    The wood of the Rhus cotinus, a shrub which grows principally in the south of France and in Italy, called also Venetian sumach. This wood contains a large quantity of yellow colouring matter, named fusteric.

    1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines
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APA

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