gumbo

(gŭmˈbō)

1. Chiefly Southern U.S. See okra. See Regional Note at goober.
2. A soup or stew thickened with okra pods. Also called okra.
3. Chiefly Mississippi Valley & Western U.S. A fine silty soil, common in the southern and western United States, that forms an unusually sticky mud when wet.
4. Gumbo A French patois spoken by some Black people and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.