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Gamboge

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gam·boge

[gam-bohj, -boozh] Pronunciation Key

–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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gam·boge (gām-bōj', -bōōzh') Pronunciation Key
n.

A brownish or orange resin obtained from several trees of the genus Garcinia of south-central Asia and yielding a golden-yellow pigment.
A strong reddish yellow.

[New Latin cambugium, gambogium, after Cambodia.]

gam·boge' adj.

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gamboge
noun
1.	a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative
2.	a strong yellow color

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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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Gamboge

Cam*boge"\, n. See Gamboge.

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