Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gumbo

4 senses of gumbo

Sense 1
gumbo, gumbo soil -- (any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water)
       => soil, dirt -- (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

Sense 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)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 3
gumbo, okra -- (long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews)
       => vegetable, veggie, veg -- (edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant)

Sense 4
gumbo -- (a soup or stew thickened with okra pods)
       => soup -- (liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food)