gumbo

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gumbo Definition

• (n) any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
• (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) long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
• (n) a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

gumbo Synonyms

• Abelmoschus esculentus
• gumbo
• gumbo soil
• Hibiscus esculentus
• lady's-finger
• okra
• okra plant