1. (

• gumbo ,
• gumbo_soil

) any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water ;

2. (

• okra ,
• gumbo ,
• okra_plant ,
• lady's-finger ,
• Abelmoschus_esculentus ,
• Hibiscus_esculentus

) 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 ;

3. (

• gumbo ,
• okra

) long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews ;

4. (

• gumbo

) a soup or stew thickened with okra pods ;