1. gamboge(n = noun.substance) - a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative;
is a kind of gum resin
2. gamboge(n = noun.attribute) lemon, lemon yellow, maize - a strong yellow color;
is a kind of yellow, yellowness
A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or
" There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived from species of
gamboge, n. a gum resin produced by various E. Asian trees and used as a yellow pigment and as a purgative.
Etymology:
mod.L gambaugium f. Cambodia in SE Asia
N yellowness, yellow, or, gamboge, cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow, orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin, xanthein, xanthin, zaofulvin, crocus, saffron, topaz, xanthite, yolk, jaundice, London fog, yellowness, icterus, xantho- cyanopia, xanthopsia, yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow, fulvous, fulvid, sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy, xanthic, xanthous, jaundiced, auricomous, gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose- colored, creamcolored, xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous, yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot, warm, advancing.