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Gumbo

Gumbo Meaning & Definition
Gumbo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gumbo?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gumbo: 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

Gumbo In Webster's Dictionary

\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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