gambier

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

不可算名詞

A flowering plant, Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia. / An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.

日本語の意味

東南アジア原産のウンサリア属の花木（または蔓性植物）。 / この植物の葉から抽出される収斂性（しゅうれんせい）物質で、鞣しや染色に用いられる。

英語の意味

A flowering plant, Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia. / An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.

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The extract of gambier has traditionally been used as a tanning agent and medicinal astringent in Southeast Asia.

その抽出物は、東南アジア原産でアカネ科に属する蔓性の開花植物であるアンカリア・ガンビルのもので、伝統的に皮なめし剤や薬用の収れん剤として用いられてきた。

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意味（1）

A flowering plant, 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 Australian squatter, miner, and planter, will present a spectacle almost unknown in the scheme of British colonization.

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意味（2）

An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.