What is the meaning of gumbo?

noun

  • Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water.
  • 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.
  • Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
  • A soup or stew thickened with okra pods. .
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APAWordNet. (2010). gumbo. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/gumbo/definitions/1220391
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