Fustic
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A short encyclopedia entry on fustic, a yellow dye-stuff. It distinguishes old fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria, from the West Indies and tropical America) from young or Zante fustic (Rhus cotinus, the smoke tree of southern Europe and Asia). It gives the commercial form of the wood, its other uses, and the colouring matter fisetin, and refers readers to the Dyeing article.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
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- 1
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