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gum·bo
(gŭm′bō)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.
[Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Tshiluba ki-ngumbo, okra.]
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gumbo
(ˈɡʌmbəʊ) orgombo
n, pl -bos
1. (Plants) the mucilaginous pods of okra
2. (Plants) another name for okra
3. (Cookery) a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
4. (Physical Geography) a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet
[C19: from Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin]
Gumbo
(ˈɡʌmbəʊ)n
(Languages) (sometimes not capital) a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean
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gum•bo
(ˈgʌm boʊ)n., pl. -bos.
1. a soup of chicken or seafood, greens, and seasonings, usu. thickened with okra.
2. okra.
3. soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.
[1795–1805; < Louisiana French]
Gum•bo
(ˈgʌm boʊ)n.
(sometimes l.c.) Louisiana Creole.
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| Noun | 1. | gumbo - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water |
| 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 Hibiscusgumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus - genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | |
| 3. | gumbo - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant, okra, 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 | |
| 4. | gumbo - a soup or stew thickened with okra pods soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food |
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gumbo
n → Gumbo m
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