gambir
- a variation of gambier.
Example Sentences
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The gambir does not grow taller than eight feet.
From The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands by Anonymous
The greater part of the inhabitants of Singapore are Chinese, many of whom are very rich, and all the villages about are almost entirely of Chinese, who cultivate pepper and gambir.
From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James
The two crops are cultivated together, and both are grown on the edge of the jungle, for the sake of the wood, which is burned in the preparation of the gambir.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
After having proceeded eight English miles in four hours, we left the boats, and following a narrow footpath, soon reached a number of plots of ground, cleared from trees, and planted with pepper and gambir.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida
After leaving the town we went along a good road for some distance, with cottages and clearings on either side, until we came to a pepper and gambir plantation.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
