gumbo-limbo
Americannoun
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gumbo-limbos
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gumbo-limbo
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; of uncertain origin
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Tucked back on a meandering driveway lined with gnarled gumbo-limbo trees and an elaborate garden, the lodge has grottoes with seating and a small private beach with kayaks for guests.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2018
Saw grass sweeps to the horizon, in a marshy expanse broken by islands of slash pines and gumbo-limbo trees.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
We walked our bikes to the house and propped them against the trunk of a gumbo-limbo.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
I sat up and saw my bike on the ground, a freshly snapped gumbo-limbo branch sticking out of the front spokes.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
Coldly, she turned away, and crossed to where the collie was beginning to weary of his fruitless efforts to climb the shinily smooth bark of the giant gumbo-limbo.
From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Albert Payson Terhune
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