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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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gumbo, okra | long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews | |
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gumbo, okra, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, ladies' fingers | 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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gumbo | a soup or stew thickened with okra pods |