gumbo

Plural: gumbos

Noun

• any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
• 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
• long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
• a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
• Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
• A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions.
• A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.
• pl. -BOS the okra plant

Synonyms

Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo soil, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant