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doc Definition of gamboge
    English to English
    noun
  • a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • a strong yellow color
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • 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. Taken internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic.
  • source: Webster 1913
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