The noun "gamboge" refers to a strong yellow color or a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and cathartic.
Il "gamboge" è un forte colore giallo o una resina gommosa usata come pigmento giallo e lassativo.
| Front | gamboge \gam-BOJ, -BOOZH\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A strong yellow color. 2. A gum resin obtained from the sap of trees of the genus Garcinia, used as a yellow pigment and as a cathartic. [From Latin gambogium, variant of cambugium, after Cambodia where, among other places in Southeast Asia, this tree is found.] "In Li Nong's works, the marshy environment is shown as something mysterious, pleasant and beautiful even, and his play of tones probably spanning the repertoire of gamboge, and cadmium, with streaks of impastoes, add to the tactile quality." - Ooi Kok Chuen; For the Zhangs, East Meets West; New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Mar 9, 2001. |
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