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gumbo


Main Entry: 1gum·bo
Pronunciation: \ˈgəm-(ˌ)bō\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural gumbos
Etymology: American French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Umbundu ochinggômbo okra
Date: 1805

1 : a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables
2 : okra 1
3 a : any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central United States that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky b : a heavy sticky mud
4 : mixture, mélange

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