gamboge
Americannoun
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Also a gum resin from various Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, especially G. hanburyi, used as a yellow pigment and as a cathartic.
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yellow or yellow-orange.
noun
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a gum resin used as the source of a yellow pigment and as a purgative
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the pigment made from this resin
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any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
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a strong yellow colour
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Origin of gamboge
1625–35; < New Latin gambog- (stem of gambogium ), variant of cambog-, after Cambodia
Vocabulary lists containing gamboge
Yellow
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Just don’t try to grab a grilled lemongrass beef num pang from Gamboge for the trek without one.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2021
Gamboge, a transparent color, is very useful in mixture with Prussian blue; or chromate of lead and Prussian blue may be used.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle
But I felt that the line must be drawn at Gamboge.
From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon
Gamboge is a resin, orange red in color, but yellow when in powder form.
From Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts by Various
Brass Gamboge with a little sienna or a very little red added.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan
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