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单词 gamboge
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gam•boge  (gam bōj, -bo̅o̅zh),USA pronunciation n. 
  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.
  • Neo-Latin gambog- (stem of gambogium), variant of cambog-, after Cambodia
  • 1625–35
gam•bogi•an, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gamboge /ɡæmˈbəʊdʒ -ˈbuːʒ/ n
  1. a gum resin used as the source of a yellow pigment and as a purgative
  2. the pigment made from this resin
  3. gamboge treeany of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
  4. a strong yellow colour

Also called (for senses 1, 2): cambogia Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin gambaugium, from Cambodia

gamˈbogian adj
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