GAMBOGE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gamboge tree mean? 

• GAMBOGE TREE (noun)
  The noun GAMBOGE TREE has 1 sense:

1. low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered

  Familiarity information: GAMBOGE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMBOGE TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gamboge tree; Garcinia cambogia; Garcinia gummi-gutta; Garcinia hanburyi

Hypernyms ("gamboge tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("gamboge tree" is a member of...):

Garcinia; genus Garcinia (evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens)