gamboge.

1. A vivid yellow color associated with the pigment obtained from certain tropical tree resins.

2. An orange-to-brown gum resin from certain Southeast Asian trees, used to produce yellow pigment.

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Words that belong together

• gamboge yellow
• a shade of gamboge
• gamboge tones

On the page

A stroke of gamboge lit the edge of the painted cloud.

The scarf's gamboge stood out against the gray coat.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / image-rich description. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Commonness: uncommon (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Direct full extraction: orange-to-brown gum resin from Southeast Asian Garcinia trees used as yellow pigment and historical cathartic; separate strong-yellow color. Medical alias cambogia read. Individually checked for a distinct image, texture, sound, taste, smell, visual-perception or artistic function. Definitions/examples are original; sensory strength is not assumed to imply emotion. Writing functions: strong yellow color, resin-based pigment materials.