Gumbo
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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
Framework senses
- §1
- a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
- §2
- long mucilaginous green pods
- §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
- §4
- any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water