gambier
gambier noun: a flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
Noun
gambier (usually uncountable, plural gambiers)
- A flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
- 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...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 270
- An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
gambier meaning in Malay
gambier in Malay
- Uncaria gambir
- gambir
- extract
- gambir
Forms of gambier
| plural | gambiers |
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Origin of gambier
Borrowed from Malay gambir.
Phrases with gambier
Questions about gambier
- What does gambier mean?
- Gambier means a flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
- What is gambier in Malay?
- Gambier in Malay is gambir. See Gambier meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is gambier?
- Gambier is a noun.
- What is the plural of gambier?
- The plural of gambier is gambiers.
Words near gambier in the dictionary
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