gamboge
noun
gam·boge gam-ˈbōj 
-ˈbüzh
-ˈbüzh 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
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 -ˈbüzh
-ˈbüzh : 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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