Associations to the word «Gumbo»
Wiktionary
GUMBO, noun. (countable) The okra plant or its pods.
GUMBO, noun. (uncountable) A soup or stew made with okra.
GUMBO, noun. (uncountable) A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.
GUMBO LIMBO, noun. A tropical American tree, Bursera simaruba, that yields an aromatic resin used in varnishes etc
GUMBO LIMBOS, noun. Plural of gumbo limbo
Dictionary definition
GUMBO, noun. Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water.
GUMBO, noun. 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.
GUMBO, noun. Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
GUMBO, noun. A soup or stew thickened with okra pods.
Wise words
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