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Noun gumbo has 4 senses
- gumbo, gumbo soil - any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
--1 is a kind of soil, dirt
- okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus - 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
--2 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--2 is a member of Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus
--2 has parts: gumbo, okra; okra
- gumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
--3 is a kind of vegetable, veggie
--3 is a part of
- gumbo - a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
--4 is a kind of soup
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