Gumbo - Definition

n 1: any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy
and very sticky mud when saturated with water [syn:
gumbo, 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, gumbo,
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: gumbo, okra]
4: a soup or stew thickened with okra pods