gamboge

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɡæmˈbəʊdʒ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(gam bōj′, -bo̅o̅zh′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
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•bo′gi•an, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gamboge / ɡæmˈbəʊdʒ -ˈbuːʒ/, camboge / ˌkæmˈbəʊʒ ˌkæmˈbəʊdʒ/
  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 tree ⇒ any 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 Cambodiagamˈbogian
'gamboge' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Hooker's green - cambogia - gum resin

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