gumbo
guhm boh
- n any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
- n 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
- n long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
- n a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
- All the tangible memorabilia that represented our family's history perished in the flood, including my mother's beloved big gumbo pot.
- Like jambalaya, gumbo and etouffee 13.
- They described rooftop rescues, 80% of New Orleans underwater and "toxic gumbo" purling through the streets.