Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gumbo"
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) 1.7 (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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