GAMBOGE


Meaning of GAMBOGE in English

— gambogian , adj.

/gam bohj", -boohzh"/ , 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.

[ 1625-35; gambog- (s. of gambogium ), var. of cambog-, after CAMBODIA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .