Meaning of GUMBO
| Pronunciation: | | 'gumbow
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- [n] a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
- [n] long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
- [n] tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
- [n] any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
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| | Synonyms: | | Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo soil, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra, okra plant |
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| | See Also: | | Abelmoschus, Abelmoschus esculentus, dirt, genus Abelmoschus, gumbo, gumbo, herb, herbaceous plant, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant, soil, soup, vegetable, veggie | |
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| | Definition: | | Gumbo
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| | Definition: | | \Gum"bo\, n. [Written aalso gombo.]
1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra;
okra soup.
2. The okra plant or its pods.
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