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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.
Terms within: Okra, Okra
Group relationships: Abelmoschus, Genus Abelmoschus
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
3. Noun. Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
Generic synonyms: Veg, Vegetable, Veggie
Group relationships: Abelmoschus Esculentus, Hibiscus Esculentus, Lady's-finger, Okra, Okra Plant
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
Literary usage of Gumbo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oil and Gas in the Mid-continent Fields by Luther Crocker Snider (1920)
"6 gumbo 4 614 Sand rock ____ ______ 8 Sand 6 620 gumbo ., ... i gumbo 6 971 Shale
and broken lime Sajid and boulders 3 974 gumbo 1 5 7 5 . ..."
2. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... Soup—Okra Cream Soup—Okra gumbo with Crabs or Halibut— Okra gumbo—Onion Cream
... Soup—Shrimp gumbo—Soup Stock—Past Day Tomato Soup—Turkey Soup—Meatless ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1833 His wife was an excellent manager, made charming gumbo- soup, ... 1854 I
lay the fattening gumbo to my soul, that it is because, &c. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"A NEW TERM IN PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY THE term gumbo has been used for many years by
some geologists in America for a dense, impervious clay, which, ..."
5. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"CCORDING to a local rhymester, "the gumbo- limbo, with limbs akimbo, with gum
like gumbo, with name a lingo, belongs, I guess, in limbo. ..."
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