gambier

/gam-beer/US // ˈgæm bɪər //UK // (ˈɡæmbɪə) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : an astringent extract obtained from the leaves and young shoots of a tropical Asian shrub, Uncaria gambir, of the madder family, used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.

Thus, the sailor appellation of Admiral Gambier—“old bloody Politeful”—must not be inveighed against too hardly.
It has several gold mines and a great quantity of land planted to pepper, gambier, gutta percha and rubber.
Gambier is an extract of the leaves and twigs of the eastern shrub Nauclea gambier.
The tannage consists of oak bark and myrabs together with gambier.
"Sude" and "velvet calf" are also tawed and retanned with gambier.