gumbo

Definition of Gumbo in English :

Noun

any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water

gumbo soil

2. abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant

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. gumbo, okra

long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

okra

4. gumbo

a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gumbo

see synonyms of gumbo

noun plural -bos US and Canadian

1.

the mucilaginous pods of okra

2. another name for okra

3.

a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

4.

a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet

noun

(sometimes not capital)

a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean

Gumbo

see synonyms of gumbo

noun

1.

okra (sense 1) okra (sense 2)

2.

a soup thickened with unripe okra pods, usually made with tomatoes, vegetables, and chicken, ham, or seafood

3.

a fine, silty soil of the Western prairies, which becomes sticky and nonporous when wet

: also gumbo soil

4. [also G-]

a French-based Creole (sense 5) spoken in Louisiana

Gumbo

see synonyms of gumbo

n. pl. gum·bos

1. Chiefly Southern US See okra.

2. A soup or stew thickened with okra pods. Also called okra.

3. Chiefly Mississippi Valley & Western US A fine silty soil, common in the southern and western United States, that forms an unusually sticky mud when wet.

4. Gumbo A French patois spoken by some black people and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.

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