| NOUN | substance | gumbo, gumbo soil | any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water |
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| plant | gumbo, okra, 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 | |
| food | gumbo, okra | long mucilaginous green pods | |
| food | gumbo | a soup or stew thickened with okra pods |
| Sounds | gah'mbow | |
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| Rhymes | akimbo ... turbot: 25 rhymes with bow... | |
| Meaning | Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water. | |
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| Synonym | gumbo soil | |
| Broader | soil, dirt | The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | okra, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus | |
| Member of | Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus | genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers |
| Parts | gumbo, okra | long mucilaginous green pods |
| okra | long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | abelmoschus esculentus, chimbombó, guingambó, Hibiscus esculentus, molondrón, ñajú, okra, quimbombó, quingombó | |
| Catalan | abelmoschus esculentus, Abelmoschus esculentus, ocra | |
| Meaning | long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews. | |
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| Synonym | okra | |
| Part of | 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 |
| Broader | vegetable, veggie, veg | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
| Meaning | A soup or stew thickened with okra pods. | |
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| Broader | soup | liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food |
| Spanish | gumbo | |
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