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Gumbo   /gˈəmboʊ/   Listen
Gumbo

noun
1.
Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water.  Synonym: 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.  Synonyms: Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant.
3.
Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.  Synonym: okra.
4.
A soup or stew thickened with okra pods.



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"Gumbo" Quotes from Famous Books



... the mud of the semi-destroyed village of Ansauville, several miles back of the front. A broad, shallow stream, then at the flood, wound through and over most of the village site. Walking anywhere near the border of the water, one pulled about with him pounds of tenacious, black gumbo. Dogs and hogs, ducks and horses, and men,—all were painted ...
— "And they thought we wouldn't fight" • Floyd Gibbons
... purchase for the straw had not yet been removed from them. His astonishment at Paul's refusal to drink was so great that it quieted him for a moment; but he soon broke forth again on the resources of the country, depositing divers samples of what appeared to be black mud on the table, which he called gumbo. ...
— The Story of Paul Boyton - Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World • Paul Boyton
... of the fine," said Dink indignantly. "You see what I do. Here's Beekstein and Gumbo Binks been laying around as waste material and the whole house kicking because we've been stuck with two midnight-oilers. Now what do I do? I utilize them. I make them a credit to the house, ...
— The Varmint • Owen Johnson


Words linked to "Gumbo" :   herbaceous plant, vegetable, soil, herb, genus Abelmoschus, veggie, Abelmoschus, soup, veg, dirt


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