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cam⋅bo⋅gi⋅a

[kam-boh-jee-uh]
–noun
gamboge (def. 1).

gam⋅boge

[gam-bohj, -boozh]
–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


gam⋅bo⋅gi⋅an, adjective
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Main Entry: cam·bo·gia
Pronunciation: kam-'bO-j&
Function: noun
: GAMBOGE

Main Entry: gam·boge
Pronunciation: gam-'bOj, -'büzh
Function: noun
: an orange to brown gum resin from southeast Asian trees (genusGarcinia of the family Guttiferae) that is used as a yellow pigment and cathartic called also cambogia
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