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单词 gamboge
释义

gamboge

noun

gam·​boge gam-ˈbōj How to pronounce gamboge (audio) -ˈbüzh How to pronounce gamboge (audio)
1
: an orange to brown gum resin from southeast Asian trees (genus Garcinia) of the Saint-John's-wort family that is used as a yellow pigment and cathartic
2
: a strong yellow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In a palette of chartreuse, ocher, cinnamon and gamboge, Ito overlaid uncommon shapes, such as a rectangle rounded and pinched at the top like a loaf of Wonder Bread, into compositions of preternatural calm. Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018

Word History

Etymology

earlier cambuge, gum-booge, latinized as cambogium, cambugium, perhaps borrowed from Portuguese Camboja cambodia, associated with the substance

First Known Use

1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

gamboge

noun

gam·​boge gam-ˈbōj How to pronounce gamboge (audio) -ˈbüzh How to pronounce gamboge (audio)
: an orange to brown gum resin from southeast Asian trees (genus Garcinia of the family Guttiferae) that is used as a yellow pigment and cathartic

called also cambogia

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