Found 2 items, similar to Gumbo.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gumbo 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gumbo Gumbo \Gum"bo\ (g[u^]m"b[-o]), n. [Written also gombo.] 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. Especially, A thick stew made with chicken (chicken gumbo), or seafood (seafood gumbo), thickened with okra or file, and also containing greens and often hot spices; it is particularly popular in Louisiana. [1913 Webster] 2. The okra plant or its pods. [1913 Webster]