gumbo

Noun
  1. Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water (synset 114927747)
    is a type of: dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
    same as: 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 (synset 112192483)
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
    belongs to: abelmoschus, genus abelmoschus - genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers
    has:
    • gumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
    • okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
    same as: abelmoschus esculentus, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant
  3. Long mucilaginous green pods;
    May be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews (synset 107749370)
    is a type of: veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
    is a part of: abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant - 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
    same as: okra
  4. A soup or stew thickened with okra pods (synset 107601477)
    is a type of: soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

Other Searches