gumbo
noun
1 gumbo
Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water.
synonym: gumbo soil.
2 gumbo
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.
synonyms: Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant.
Dutch: gombo
Polish: ketmia jadalna, okra, piżmian jadalny
3 gumbo
Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
synonym: okra.
Polish: okra, gombo
4 gumbo
A soup or stew thickened with okra pods.
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