Gambier
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gambier is a noun meaning A flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
Meaning
A flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
More Meanings
- An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
Example Sentences
When the entire coast-line becomes a sea of waving palms, with Chinese and Malay villages fringing the shores, which are at present mere barren wastes of mangroves, with plantations of pepper, of gambier, and of tapioca and rice, the Northern Territory, backed up by the unswerving energy of the Australian squatter, miner, and planter, will present a spectacle almost unknown in the scheme of British colonization.
Word Forms
- gambiers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parry, gambir, gambeer, gamboge, terra-japonica, camboge.
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