[
US
/ˈɡəmboʊˈɫɪmboʊ/
]
NOUN
- tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
How To Use gumbo-limbo In A Sentence
- I stopped by the trunk of a gumbo-limbo and pointed to the smooth bark, which was scarred with scratches. BLOWN AWAY!
- From high in the gumbo-limbo a cardinal chirped, and a mile away out on the sound a fast boat cruised past. BLACKWATER SOUND
- After lunch, we abandon our canoes and slog through knee-high water to Panther Mound, a raised piece of land, or hammock, thick with gumbo-limbo trees, loblollies, and strangler figs.
- Dad and I helped Sharkey out of the wagon, then tied Jewel to the old gumbo-limbo tree. BLOWN AWAY!
- A huge limb broke off from the gumbo-limbo tree and fell in our path. BLOWN AWAY!
- Jewel was tied up with a thick rope to a gumbo-limbo tree, while Rudy was checking out the landscape, sniffing and smelling every bush. BLOWN AWAY!
