gumbo

gum·bo  (gmb)

n. pl. gum·bos

1. Chiefly Southern U.S. See okra. See Regional Note at goober.

2. A soup or stew thickened with okra pods. Also called okra.

3. Chiefly Mississippi Valley & Western U.S. 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.

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[Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Tshiluba ki-ngumbo, okra.]

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gumbo, gombo [ˈgʌmbəʊ]

n pl -bos US and Canadian

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the mucilaginous pods of okra

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for okra

3. (Cookery) a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet

[from Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin]

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Gumbo [ˈgʌmbəʊ]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) (sometimes not capital) a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean

[see gumbo]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gumbo - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water gumbo soil dirt, 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 Hibiscus Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant, okra gumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus - genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant herb, 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 stews okra veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant Abelmoschus 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 pods soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

Translations

gumbo

n → Gumbo m