gumbo-limbo

gumbo-limbo
/gum"boh lim"boh/, n., pl. gumbo-limbos.
a tropical American tree, Bursera simaruba, having reddish bark and yielding a sweet, aromatic resin used in varnishes. Also called gum elemi.
[1830-40, Amer.; of uncert. orig.]

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