Definition of gumbo Gumbo
/gʌˈmbow/ - [gumbow] - Gum•bo
We found 11 definitions of gumbo from 5 different sources.
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What does gumbo mean?
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NounPlural: gumboes |
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| gumbo - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews | ||
| okra | ||
| veg, veggie, vegetable edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant | ||
| gumbo - a soup or stew thickened with okra pods | ||
| gumbo - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water | ||
| gumbo soil | ||
| 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 | ||
| okra, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| abelmoschus, genus abelmoschus genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers | ||
| 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gumbo (n.)
A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. - gumbo (n.)
The okra plant or its pods.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gumbo
gum′bō, n. the okra or its mucilaginous pods: a soup of which okra is an ingredient, also a dish of okra-pods seasoned: Creole patois in Louisiana
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🔤- gumbo, noun, singular of gumbos.
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