Gam*boge" (?), n. A concrete
juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam,
Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls,
from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The
best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish
yellow. Taken internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and
emetic. [Written also camboge.]
&fist; There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived
from species of Garcinia, a genus of trees of the order
Guttiferæ. The best Siam gamboge is thought to come from
Garcinia Hanburii. Ceylon gamboge is from G. Morella.
G. pictoria, of Western India, yields gamboge, and also
a kind of oil called gamboge butter.
