Gumbo Limbo

Dad and I helped Sharkey out of the wagon, then tied Jewel to the old gumbo-limbo tree. ❋ JOAN HIATT HARLOW (2007)

A huge limb broke off from the gumbo-limbo tree and fell in our path. ❋ JOAN HIATT HARLOW (2007)

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. ❋ JOAN HIATT HARLOW (2007)

I stopped by the trunk of a gumbo-limbo and pointed to the smooth bark, which was scarred with scratches. ❋ JOAN HIATT HARLOW (2007)

Then, spitting and yowling, it ran up the nearer of the two gumbo-limbo trees. ❋ Albert Payson Terhune (1907)

Evidently, the trail had its ending at that screen of vineleaves draped between two giant gumbo-limbo trees at the lawn's verge. ❋ Albert Payson Terhune (1907)

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. ❋ Albert Payson Terhune (1907)

I don’t know how long I was out cold, but in the early hours of the morning I awoke and found myself cradled in the broken bough of a tall gumbo-limbo tree. ❋ JOAN HIATT HARLOW (2007)

man i was hanging out with some jamaicans, and a [jamaican] chick gave me a gumbo limbo, so i asked how low can [she go], oh yeh [how low can you go]??? ❋ Big QPeeezY (2009)