gamboge - Dictionary definition and pronunciation - Yahoo! Education
Reference
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Thesaurus
World Factbook
Spanish Dictionary
Anatomy
Conversion Calculator
 
gam·boge  audio  (gm-bj, -bzh) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A brownish or orange resin obtained from several trees of the genus Garcinia of south-central Asia and yielding a golden-yellow pigment.
  2. A strong reddish yellow.
ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin cambugium, gambogium, after Cambodia

OTHER FORMS:
gam·boge(Adjective)


 Visit our partner's site
Provided by Houghton Mifflin
logoeReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer