Usually means: Tropical tree with peeling bark.
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  1. gumbo-limbo: Merriam-Webster
  2. gumbo-limbo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gumbo-limbo: Vocabulary.com
  4. gumbo-limbo: Wordnik
  5. gumbo-limbo: Wiktionary
  6. gumbo-limbo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. gumbo-limbo: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. gumbo-limbo: Dictionary.com
  9. Gumbo-limbo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. gumbo-limbo: Rhymezone
  11. gumbo-limbo: FreeDictionary.org
  12. gumbo-limbo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. gumbo-limbo: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Gumbo-limbo)

noun:  Alternative form of gumbo limbo [A tropical American tree, Bursera simaruba, that yields an aromatic resin used in varnishes etc]

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