He had just purchased a big, square, gamboge country castle…in Provence (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
boge — gam·boge; … English syllables
gam — gam·ba; gam·bade; gam·bel; gam·ben; gam·be·son; gam·bet; gam·bette; gam·bia; gam·bi·ae; gam·bi·an; gam·bier; gam·bist; gam·bler; gam·bo; gam·boge; gam·brel; gam·bu·sia; gam·e·lan; gam·e·tan·gial; gam·e·tan·gi·um; gam·e·tog·o·ny; gam·e·toid;… … English syllables
gamboge — gam·boge … English syllables
gamboge — gam·boge gam bōj, büzh n an orange to brown gum resin from southeast Asian trees (genus Garcinia of the family Guttiferae) that is used as a yellow pigment and cathartic called also cambogia … Medical dictionary
gamboge — gam•boge [[t]gæmˈboʊdʒ, ˈbuʒ[/t]] n. 1) pln a gum resin from various Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, family Guttiferae, esp. G. hanburyi, used as a yellow pigment 2) yellow or yellow orange • Etymology: 1625–35; < NL gambog , s. of… … From formal English to slang
camboge — Gamboge Gam*boge , n. 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 Cambogia, whence its name. The best kind is of a dense,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
G Morella — Gamboge Gam*boge , n. 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 Cambogia, whence its name. The best kind is of a dense,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
G pictoria — Gamboge Gam*boge , n. 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 Cambogia, whence its name. The best kind is of a dense,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gamboge — Gam*boge , n. 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 Cambogia, whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Garcinia Hanburii — Gamboge Gam*boge , n. 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 Cambogia, whence its name. The best kind is of a dense,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
