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gumbo
CIDE DICTIONARY
gumbo, n. [Written also gombo.].
- A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. [1913 Webster]
- The okra plant or its pods. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gumbo, n. (pl. -os) US 1 okra.
2 a soup thickened with okra pods.
3 (Gumbo) a patois of Blacks and Creoles spoken esp. in Louisiana.
2 a soup thickened with okra pods.
3 (Gumbo) a patois of Blacks and Creoles spoken esp. in Louisiana.
Etymology
of Afr. orig.
THESAURUS
gumbo
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