gambier

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia. uncountable,usually
    — 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.
  2. An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing. uncountable,usually

词形变化

gambiers plural

词源

Etymology tree
Malay gambirbor.
English gambier
Borrowed from Malay gambir.
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