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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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gumbo: adhesive \| adobe \| albumen \| amylaceous \| batter \| bisque \| bonnyclabber \| borscht \| bouillabaisse \| bouillon \| broth \| burgoo \| butter \| chicken soup \| chowder \| clabber \| clabbered \| clam chowder \| clammy \| clay \| clayey \| clayish \| clear soup \| clotted \| coagulated \| consomme \| cornstarch \| cream \| curd \| curdled \| dough \| doughy \| earthy \| egg drop soup \| egg white \| fish soup \| gaum \| gaumy \| gazpacho \| gel \| gelatin \| gelatinous \| glair \| glairy \| glop \| glue \| gluelike \| gluey \| gluten \| glutenous \| glutinose \| glutinous \| goo \| gooey \| gook \| goop \| gravy soup \| gruel \| grumous \| gumbolike \| gumlike \| gummous \| gummy \| gunk \| heavy \| inspissated \| jam \| jell \| jelled \| jellied \| jelly \| jellylike \| julienne \| loamy \| loblolly \| marly \| matzo ball soup \| minestrone \| mire \| misoshiru soup \| mock turtle soup \| molasses \| mucilage \| mucilaginous \| muck \| mucus \| mud \| mulligatawny \| ooze \| oxtail soup \| pap \| paste \| pasty \| porridge \| potage \| potage au tomate \| potato soup \| pot-au-feu \| pottage \| pudding \| pulp \| puree \| putty \| rob \| ropy \| semifluid \| semiliquid \| size \| slabby \| slime \| slimy \| slip \| slithery \| slob \| slop \| slosh \| sludge \| slush \| soily \| soup \| squash \| starch \| starchy \| sticky \| sticky mess \| stock \| stodgy \| stringy \| swill \| syrup \| syrupy \| tacky \| tenacious \| thick \| thick soup \| thickened \| thin soup \| tomato soup \| tough \| treacle \| tremelloid \| tremellose \| turtle soup \| vegetable soup \| vichyssoise \| viscid \| viscose \| viscous \| won ton soup 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.

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

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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