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gumbo soil
Variant of gumbo
gumbo
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☆ gumbo (gum′bō)
noun
- okra (senses & )
- a soup thickened with unripe okra pods, usually made with tomatoes, vegetables, and chicken, ham, or seafood
- a fine, silty soil of the Western prairies, which becomes sticky and nonporous when wetalso gumbo soil
- a French-based Creole (sense ) spoken in Louisiana
Etymology: < Bantu name for okra
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