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gumbo

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: gumbo

1
 n
a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
2
 n
any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
3
 n
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
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: gumbo
1

n a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

Type of:
soup
liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

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

Synonyms:
okra
Type of:
veg, vegetable, veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
2

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

Synonyms:
gumbo soil
Type of:
dirt, soil
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
3

n 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

Synonyms:
Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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