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Synonyms for gamboge

Most common

lemon lemon yellow maize

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus.

Related words

Other spellings
camboge

Forms

Plural
gamboges → lemons, maizes…

Example sentences

  • lemon Mix two parts of rum with one part of lemon juice.
  • maize France has banned a strain of genetically modified maize.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gambogefalling
lemonrising
maizefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
lemon2, maize1

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lemon2 = 2 syllables).