GUMBO-LIMBO

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Meaning:

Tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes

Synonyms:

Bursera simaruba; gumbo-limbo

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gumbo-limbo" is a kind of...):

incense tree (any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense)

Holonyms ("gumbo-limbo" is a member of...):

Bursera; genus Bursera (type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi)

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