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Gamboge
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What's The Definition Of Gamboge?
[n] a strong yellow color
[n] a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative Synonyms | Synonyms for Gamboge: lemon | lemon yellow | maize Related Terms | Find terms related to Gamboge: See Also | gum resin | yellow | yellowness Gamboge In Webster's Dictionary \Gam*boge"\, n.
A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species
of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in
masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, --
whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact
texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally,
it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also
{camboge}.]
Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived
from species of {Garcinia}, a genus of trees of the
order {Guttifer[ae]}. The best Siam gamboge is thought
to come from {Garcinia Hanburii}. Ceylon gamboge is
from {G. Morella}. {G. pictoria}, of Western India,
yields {gamboge}, and also a kind of oil called
{gamboge butter}.
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