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Noun: gamboge tree
  1. Low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered
    - Garcinia hanburyi, Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta

Derived forms: gamboge trees

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: Garcinia, genus Garcinia