gumbo
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- noun
- /ˈɡʌmboʊ/
- US
:
okra
- There was not one ounce of fat in his 145 pounds, though he was fed by Tante Sidonie, who had already loved her husband to death with her dark gumbo.
- okra gumbo
- gumbo file
- 1 teaspoon gumbo
Examples
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In our cooking class, we learned how to prepare gumbo with fresh okra and spices.
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That'’s okra gumbo there.
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I checked it after sampling the gumbo, which was a bit heavy on the okra.
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Vaughn Rhomer knew about gumbo because he knew about okra.
Fiction book (1993) -
For those readers who are in danger of making the same mistake, I should probably explain that people in some parts of the South sometimes refer to peanuts as goobers—a word apparently brought to this continent by African slaves, along with words like okra and gumbo.
Fiction book (1995) -
A popular dish in Louisiana is gumbo, which typically includes okra and various meats.
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My grandmother's recipe for gumbo uses a variety of vegetables including okra.
Synonyms
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4.0
A vegetable with long green pods used in soups and stews
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A green vegetable with long edible seed pods used in Indian cooking
A tall plant that makes green edible pods called okra used in cooking
A tall plant grown for its edible green pods called okra
A tall plant in warm climates that makes edible green pods for cooking
A vegetable plant that makes long green pods used in soups and stews, also called okra
A long green vegetable also called okra used in cooking
Compounds
- Specialized
A tropical tree with smooth red bark that gives a sticky resin used for varnish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gumbo for the plant comes from a West African word like ngombo, which means 'okra'. So in parts of the southern United States, gumbo can simply be the okra plant used in cooking.