Associations to the word «Fustic»

Wiktionary

FUSTIC, noun. A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.
FUSTIC, noun. A European tree, Eurasian smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, whose wood produces an orange dye.
FUSTIC, noun. The wood of these trees.
FUSTIC, noun. A yellow dye obtained from the wood of these trees.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King