gum·bo-lim·bo (g m b -l m b)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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| Noun | 1. |  gumbo-limbo - tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishesincense 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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