— 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 ]