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Definition of gambier in English Turkish dictionary
- (isim) boya pekiştirici sakız
- {i} boya pekiştirici sakız
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Definition of gambier in English English dictionary
- Uncaria gambir a plant from Indonesia
- 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
- Catechu
- Gambier Islands
- Island group (pop., 1996: 1,087), French Polynesia. It is the southeasternmost extension of the Tuamotu Archipelago. The largest island, Mangareva, is 5 mi (8 km) long and encircled by a barrier reef 40 mi (64 km) in circumference. Mangareva rises to about 1,444 ft (440 m) in the peaks Duff and Mokoto; the chief village, Rikitea, is on Mangareva's eastern side. The Gambier Islands were annexed by the French in 1881. Their economy is based on subsistence agriculture; pearl harvesting is also of economic importance
- gambier islands
- a group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia
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