1) Traditional Chinese medicine
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• (n.) The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing. • (n.) Catechu.
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(from the article `Rubiaceae`) ...include quinine, which is derived from the bark of Cinchona species; coffee, from the seeds of Coffea species; ipecac, obtained from the roots of ...
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Gam'bier noun [ Malayan.]
(a) The inspissated juice of a plant (
Uncaria Gambir ) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of
Terra Japonica , is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.
(b) Catechu. [ Written a...
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Gambier is an astringent resinous substance obtained from a rubiaceous tropical Asian woody climbing plant, Uncaria gambir. It is used as an astringent and tonic and in tanning.
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from gambir(the name of the plant), an astringent extract of a tropical Asian plant, used in tanning'
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