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Gambogian - 2 dictionary results

gam⋅boge

  [gam-bohj, -boozh]
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–noun
1. Also, cambogia. a gum resin from various Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp. G. hanburyi, used as a yellow pigment and as a cathartic.
2. yellow or yellow-orange.
Origin:
1625–35; < NL gambog- (s. of gambogium), var. of cambog-, after Cambodia

Related forms:
gam⋅bo⋅gi⋅an, adjective
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Gambogian

Gam*bo"gi*an\, Gambogic \Gambogic\, a. Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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