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Definition of Garcinia
1. Noun. Evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Clusiaceae, Family Clusiaceae, Family Guttiferae, Guttiferae, St John's Wort Family
Member holonyms: Garcinia Mangostana, Mangosteen, Mangosteen Tree, Gamboge Tree, Garcinia Cambogia, Garcinia Gummi-gutta, Garcinia Hanburyi
Definition of Garcinia
1. n. A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin.
Definition of Garcinia
1. Noun. mangosteen (of the genus ''Garcinia'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garcinia
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Garcinia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Garcinia
Literary usage of Garcinia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"garcinia speciosa, Wall., Pa-la-wa of the Burmese, grows in Tenasserim and the
Andamans ... Its gamboge is very soluble, and yields a good pigment. garcinia ..."
2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"THE PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF garcinia. By ELMER D. MERRILL. ... garcinia morella,
to which three specimens are referred, is probably an erroneous ..."
3. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"Mr. Thwaites, whose opinion upon other grounds we regard as deserving much
consideration, replied that, although the Singapore garcinia looked a little ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"See under garcinia A fine yellow- (Ы. composite for «l Kinns. ... garcinia (L.
Garcin, who lived and collected in India, and wrote in the eighteenth ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1827)
"With the garcinia of Linnaeus, Dr Roxburgh united the genus ... If the genus
garcinia thus constituted be good, as, even including the Cambogia of Linnaeus, ..."
6. Pharmacographia: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1874)
"... the following species of garcinia are capable of yielding a similar drug which
is collected to some small extent for local use, but not for exportation. ..."
7. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"garcinia speciosa, Wall., Pa-la-wa of the Burmese, grows in Tenasserim and the
Andamans ... Its gamboge is very soluble, and yields a good pigment. garcinia ..."
8. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"THE PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF garcinia. By ELMER D. MERRILL. ... garcinia morella,
to which three specimens are referred, is probably an erroneous ..."
9. Science Papers: Chiefly Pharmacological and Botanical by Daniel Hanbury (1876)
"Mr. Thwaites, whose opinion upon other grounds we regard as deserving much
consideration, replied that, although the Singapore garcinia looked a little ..."
10. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"See under garcinia A fine yellow- (Ы. composite for «l Kinns. ... garcinia (L.
Garcin, who lived and collected in India, and wrote in the eighteenth ..."
11. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1827)
"With the garcinia of Linnaeus, Dr Roxburgh united the genus ... If the genus
garcinia thus constituted be good, as, even including the Cambogia of Linnaeus, ..."
12. Pharmacographia: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1874)
"... the following species of garcinia are capable of yielding a similar drug which
is collected to some small extent for local use, but not for exportation. ..."
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