Gamboge

//ɡæmˈbuːʒ//

Synonyms for "gamboge" (7 found)

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Related words (3)

Noun(1 words)

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33 translations across 17 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • gommagutta noun (deep yellow colour)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 藤黄 noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kumigutta noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • mangostani noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)
  • mangostanipuu noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)

French

3 entries
  • gomme-gutte noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • jaune du Cambodge noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • résine gutte noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

German

4 entries
  • Gamboge noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • Gummigutt noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • Gummigutta noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • Gutti noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Ido

2 entries
  • gumiguto noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)
  • gumiguto noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Italian

2 entries
  • gommagutta noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • gommagutta noun (deep yellow colour)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 雌黄 noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • 雌黄色 noun (deep yellow colour)

Persian

2 entries
  • ملماز noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • ملماز noun (deep yellow colour)

Polish

4 entries
  • gumigutowy adj (of a deep yellow colour)
  • gumiguta noun (resin of the gamboge tree)
  • gumiguta noun (deep yellow colour)
  • mangostan noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)

Russian

1 entries
  • гуммигут noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Slovak

1 entries
  • gumiguta noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Spanish

3 entries
  • gomaguta noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)
  • guta noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)
  • gutagamba noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)

Swedish

1 entries
  • gummigutta noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பச்சிலை noun (tree of the genus Garcinia)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Hint zamkı noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гумігу́т noun (resin of the gamboge tree)

Sample sentences

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Clusiaceæ, or Guttiferæ, a natural order of trees or shrubs belonging to the Dicotyledons (division Thalamifloræ), natives of the humid tropics of S. America. [...] Most of the plants have acrid properties, and yield a yellow resin. Among the chief and common plants of the order are Gambooge (q.v.), Mangosteen fruit (Garcinia Mangostana), [...]

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Gamboge is one of the firſt yellows, which may be made to produce five or six ſorts of Green with verdegreaſe, according as the gambooge is in the greater or leſſer proportion; if it abounds, it will make a tolerable oak green, and being mixt with a greater quantity of verdegreaſe, it will make a fine graſs Green.

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Concerning the Tree which yields the Gamboge, By Profeſſor J[ames] A. Murray. [...] The tree which yields the true gamboge is, by the natives on the coaſt of Coromandel, called Gokathu, and Bokathu; by Dr. König, it is name Guttæfera vera, and Arbor polygama fructu ceraſiformi eduli. [...] This tree grows in Siam and Ceylon: in the months of June and July, the natives break off ſome of the leaves and young ſhoots, and a yellow juice drops from the wound, of the conſiſtence of cream, which is collected in cocoa-nut ſhells, and afterwards dried by the ſun.

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Chestnut wood, dyed with saffron, or old chestnut, dyed with gambooge, imitates dark mahogany.

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