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gamboge

/gam-bohj, -boozh/US // gæmˈboʊdʒ, -ˈbuʒ //UK // (ɡæmˈbəʊdʒ, -ˈbuːʒ) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also cambogia. a gum resin from various Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, especially G. hanburyi, used as a yellow pigment and as a cathartic.
    • : yellow or yellow-orange.

Examples

  • In colored ones, if yellow, use gamboge after the pipe-clay, and for other colors match it in dry paint.

  • Gamboge is of a gum-resinous nature and clear yellow colour.

  • Perhaps in dyeing, the lead and gamboge solutions might be worth a trial.

  • He gave enormous doses of powerful drugs—sixty grains of gamboge, and from two to three ounces of saltpeter in a single day.

  • The golden throat under a crimson-purple tube is lined with bright crimson; the characteristic ‘eyes’ gamboge, fading to white.