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Meanings

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noun

A gum resin used as a yellow pigment and in medicine; the term is a technical loanword.

ガンボージは黄き色いろい顔がん料りょうとして使つかわれる。
Gamboge is used as a yellow pigment.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'gamboge', ultimately from Latin 'gambogium', named after Cambodia where the resin was historically obtained.