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Definition of Gumbo

1. Noun. Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water.

2. Noun. 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.

3. Noun. Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.

4. Noun. A soup or stew thickened with okra pods.

Definition of Gumbo

1. n. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.

Definition of Gumbo

1. Noun. The okra plant or its pods. ¹

2. Noun. A soup or stew made with okra. ¹

3. Noun. A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gumbo

1. the okra plant [n -BOS]

Medical Definition of Gumbo

1. 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. 2. The okra plant or its pods. Origin: Written aalso gombo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumbo

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