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gum·bo G0312400 (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.]gumbo (ˈɡʌmbəʊ) or gombon, pl -bos1. (Plants) the mucilaginous pods of okra2. (Plants) another name for okra3. (Cookery) a soup or stew thickened with okra pods4. (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 Caribbeangum•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. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | gumbo - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with watergumbo soildirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | | 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 HibiscusAbelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant, okragumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stewsAbelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus - genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowersokra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plantherb, 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 stewsokraveg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plantAbelmoschus 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 podssoup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food | Translationsgumbo
gumbo, another name for okra; also applied in the W United States to a rich, black, alkaline alluvial soil, which is soapy or sticky when wet.gumbo[′gəm·bō] (botany) okra (geology) A soil that forms a sticky mud when wet. gumboA fine-grained clay; very sticky when wet.GUMBO
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Synonyms for gumbonoun any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with waterSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun 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 stewsSynonyms- Abelmoschus esculentus
- Hibiscus esculentus
- lady's-finger
- okra plant
- okra
Related Words- gumbo
- okra
- Abelmoschus
- genus Abelmoschus
- herb
- herbaceous plant
noun long mucilaginous green podsSynonymsRelated Words- veg
- vegetable
- veggie
- Abelmoschus esculentus
- Hibiscus esculentus
- lady's-finger
- okra plant
- okra
- gumbo
noun a soup or stew thickened with okra podsRelated Words |