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gumbo-limbo|ˈgʌmbəʊˈlɪmbəʊ|
[f. gumbo + second element of unknown origin.]
A gum-yielding timber tree, Bursera simaruba, found in Florida, Central America, and the West Indies.
1837J. L. Williams Terr. of Florida 98 Gum Elemi.—Called by the inhabitants, Gumbo-limbo, is a large spreading tree, with a smooth brown bark. 1890H. M. Field Bright Skies v. 70 Perhaps some old savage..has been punished for his cruelty by being turned into that gumbo-limbo tree. 1908N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 584 Gumbo Limbo, known also as Bitter-wood, Paradise tree, and on the Bahama islands as Ash, inhabits southern Florida, the Bahamas and Jamaica. 1924J. A. Thomson Science Old & New v. 27 The gumbolimbo, which exudes fragrant balsam when it is wounded. 1964Gleason & Cronquist Nat. Geogr. Plants xxii. 340 (caption) Gumbo limbo in a hammock on Big Pine Key, Florida. |