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gumbo-limbo

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gum·bo-lim·bo  (gmb-lmb)
n. pl. gum·bo-lim·bos
An aromatic, resinous tree (Bursera simaruba) of Florida, Central America, and the West Indies, having compound leaves and small white flowers.
[Perhaps gumbo + limbo (possibly of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo -dimbo, birdlime).]
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Noun1.gumbo-limbogumbo-limbo - tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
Bursera simaruba
incense tree - any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
Bursera, genus Bursera - type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi


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Unfortunately, I didn't know a stopper from a strongback, much less a wild-dilly, myrtle-of-the-river, gumbo-limbo, blolly, or any of a host of equally strangely named trees.
Land of the little giants: Wild-dillys. Blollys. And champion trees ... by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
Even celebrities can own celebrity trees: weatherman Willard Scott is the former owner of the national champion gumbo-limbo in Florida, and Clint Eastwood is the proud owner of the bluegum eucalyptus champ (see Register page 14).
A Register RETROSPECTIVE by GANGLOFF, DEBORAH / American Forests
The forest-and the Everglades is indeed a rich and unique forest--supported mahogany, seven species of palms, gumbo-limbo, strangler fig, and four species of mangroves.
New life for the "River of Grass." (the Everglades, Florida) ... by Johnson, Randy / American Forests
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