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, gam-bōj′, or gam-bōōj′, n. a yellow gum-resin used as a pigment and in medicine.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Poor Gamboge died last week; I am sure he hasn't sold more than three pictures during the last ten years—I can get the lot cheap.
From If Only etc. by Philips, Francis Clement
Brass Gamboge with a little sienna or a very little red added.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan
You look as if you had been dieting on Gamboge and Flake White.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various
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