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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gumbo \Gum"bo\, n. [Written aalso gombo.] 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. 2. The okra plant or its pods. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gumbo n 1: any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water [syn: {gumbo soil}] 2: 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 [syn: {okra}, {okra plant}, {lady's-finger}, {Abelmoschus esculentus}, {Hibiscus esculentus}] 3: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews [syn: {okra}] 4: a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
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