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Detailed Synonyms for gumbo in English

gumbo:

gumbo [the ~] nom

  1. the gumbo
    – a soup or stew thickened with okra pods 1
    the gumbo
    – a soup or stew thickened with okra pods 1
  2. the gumbo
    – long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews 1
    the okra; the gumbo
    – long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews 1
  3. the 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 1
    the Abelmoschus esculentus; the okra plant; the lady's-finger; the Hibiscus esculentus; the okra; the 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 1
  4. the gumbo
    – any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water 1
    the gumbo; the gumbo soil
    – any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water 1

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Related Definitions for "gumbo":

  1. a soup or stew thickened with okra pods1
  2. long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews1
  3. 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 Hibiscus1
  4. any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water1

Related Synonyms for gumbo