different between garcinia vs gamboge

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Etymology

From genus name Garcinia.

Noun

garcinia (plural garcinias)

1. A tropical tree of the genus Garcinia, including the mangosteen and the gamboge tree.
   • 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre 2003, p. 244:

     The paint in Mr Li's hand was the resin of the garcinia, and it had been tapped using a similar method to rubber extraction – except for one critical difference.

English

Etymology

From New Latin gambogium, cambogium (“resin from trees used to make yellow dye”), from New Latin Gambogia, Cambogia (“Cambodia”). The Latin word was first attested in English as a colour in 1634.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æm?bu??/, /-?b???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æm?bu?/, /-?bo??/
• Hyphenation: gam?boge

Noun

gamboge (countable and uncountable, plural gamboges)

1. One of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus.

   Synonym: cambogia
2. The resin of the gamboge tree; a preparation of the resin used as a pigment or for medicinal purposes. [from early 18th c.]
3. A deep yellow colour.

Alternative forms

• camboge
• gambooge (archaic)

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See also

• Appendix:Colors

Adjective

gamboge (not comparable)

1. Of a deep yellow colour.

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Further reading

• gamboge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Garcinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Garcinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies