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
My hosts were forming a pepper and gambir plantation, and in the immediate neighbourhood were extensive tin-washings, employing over a thousand Chinese.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel
The greatest height attained by the gambir plant is eight feet.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida
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
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
