English dictionary

gumbo

/'g/@/mb/oU/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.substance

Synonyms gumbo soil

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

noun.plant

Source: WordNet 3.0
long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

noun.food

Synonyms okra

Source: WordNet 3.0
a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

noun.food

Source: WordNet 3.0
A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.

noun

Source: webster1913