gumbo soil

Variant of gumbo

gumbo definition

☆ gumbo (gum′bō)

noun

  1. okra (senses & )
  2. a soup thickened with unripe okra pods, usually made with tomatoes, vegetables, and chicken, ham, or seafood
  3. a fine, silty soil of the Western prairies, which becomes sticky and nonporous when wet
    also gumbo soil
  4. a French-based Creole (sense ) spoken in Louisiana

Etymology: < Bantu name for okra

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