Gumbo

[n] a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
[n] long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
[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
[n] any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water

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Synonyms

Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo soil, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra, okra plant

Related Terms

adhesive, adobe, albumen, amylaceous, batter, bisque, bonnyclabber, borscht, bouillabaisse, bouillon, broth, burgoo, butter, chicken soup, chowder, clabber, clabbered, clam chowder, clammy, clay, clayey, clayish, clear soup, clotted, coagulated, consomme,