gum·bo /ˈgʌm(ˌ)bo/
秋葵;加有秋葵的濃湯;粘土
Gum·bo n.
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.
2. The okra plant or its pods.
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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