WordNet
gamboge tree
n. low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered [syn: Garcinia hanburyi, Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta]
Usage examples of "gamboge tree".
The Gamboge tree grows to a height of 50 feet, with a diameter of 12 inches, and the gum resin is extracted by incisions or by breaking off the leaves and shoots of the trees, the juice which is a milky yellow resinous gum, resides in the ducts of the bark and is gatheredin vessels, and left to thicken and become hardened.