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🟤 A tanning resin 🌿 A tropical shrub
gambier

gambier

9.9
A brown material taken from tropical plants used to tan leather and dye cloth
  • noun
  • /ˈɡæm.bɪər/
  • Specialized
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  • Traditional dyeing techniques in Southeast Asia often involve gambier as a key ingredient.

Examples

  • The artisan used gambier to tan the leather.

  • Exporters shipped large quantities of gambier to factories for processing.

  • The craftsman used gambier to tan the leather for the handmade bags.

  • Many manufacturers prefer gambier for its natural properties.

  • The craftsman used gambier to tan the leather for the handmade bags.

  • Traditional dyeing techniques in Southeast Asia often involve gambier as a key ingredient.

  • Exporters shipped large quantities of gambier to factories for processing.

Compounds

Gambier Islands
7.0

A group of islands in French Polynesia in the south-central Pacific Ocean

Surface Forms

gambier singular
gambiers plural

Etymology

The word gambier comes from the Malay word gambir, the local name for a climbing plant whose leaves give a brown resin used for dyeing and tanning leather. So gambier refers to that brown extract.