gambier

Sungei Ujong, like the other States of the Peninsula, is almost entirely covered with forests, now being cleared to some extent by tapioca, gambier, and coffee-planters.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Its dense, dark jungle is broken up mainly by pepper and gambier plantations, the latter specially in new clearings.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Wet rice grows well in the swampy valleys which separate the minor ranges, and dry rice on the rises; while tapioca, tobacco, pepper and gambier thrive on the medium heights.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Seal, mere gambier though he was, towered above such a naive approach.

The Weapon Shops of Isher Van Vogt, A. E. 1951

There are some pepper plantations in addition, and they have been found to answer very well without any gambier being cultivated with them.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

The gambier plant is propagated either by seeds or cuttings, but the latter are preferred.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

Rice, pepper, gambier, coffee and palms are cultivated, and fishing and the collection of forest produce are further industries, but none of these is of importance.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Large quantities of gambier are imported, under the corrupted name of cutch, into Calcutta, from Pegu.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

-- Obtained from India, resembles gambier greatly.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various

It is also consumed by the silk manufacturers in preference to gambier, for weighting purposes.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various