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Gamboge N Gum Resin Produced East Asian Trees

Word gamboge
Definition n. A gum resin produced by East Asian trees, used as a yellow pigment and a purgative.
Sentence After half an hour at this home-from-home the customer is seldom in a condition to be astonished at anything – not even a gamboge elephant in golfing costume.
Source "The Nodder", The Best of Wodehouse, p. 500

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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