English to English
gamboge
(g/&/m'b/oU//dZ/
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noun (n)
- a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913