gamboge

[ gam-bohj, -boozh ]

noun

1. Also a gum resin from various Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, especially G. hanburyi, used as a yellow pigment and as a cathartic.
2. yellow or yellow-orange.

gamboge

/ -ˈbuːʒ; ɡæmˈbəʊdʒ /

noun

1. 1. a gum resin used as the source of a yellow pigment and as a purgative
   2. the pigment made from this resin
2. gamboge tree
   any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
3. a strong yellow colour

Derived Forms

• gamˈbogian, adjective

Other Words From

• gam·bogi·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gamboge¹

1625–35; < New Latin gambog- (stem of gambogium ), variant of cambog-, after Cambodia

Word History and Origins

Origin of gamboge¹

C18: from New Latin gambaugium, from Cambodia

Example Sentences

In colored ones, if yellow, use gamboge after the pipe-clay, and for other colors match it in dry paint.

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Gamboge is of a gum-resinous nature and clear yellow colour.

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Perhaps in dyeing, the lead and gamboge solutions might be worth a trial.

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He gave enormous doses of powerful drugs—sixty grains of gamboge, and from two to three ounces of saltpeter in a single day.

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The golden throat under a crimson-purple tube is lined with bright crimson; the characteristic ‘eyes’ gamboge, fading to white.

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