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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
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]

gam·bo·gi·an, adjective
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gam·boge       (gām-bōj', -bōōzh')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A brownish or orange resin obtained from several trees of the genus Garcinia of south-central Asia and yielding a golden-yellow pigment.
  2. 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 

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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