How to pronounce fustic
American English pronunciation
FUS-tik
- IPA
- /ˈfʌstɪk/
- Syllables
- FUS · tik (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What fustic means
A tropical tree whose wood gives a yellow dye
In a sentence: The cloth was dyed yellow with chips of fustic wood.
Where it comes from: It changed over time from older spellings like fustik and fustec, which came from the word fustet.
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