What does gumbo mean?
Gumbo means (countable) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules..
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/ˈɡʌm.boʊ/ · noun
(countable) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules..
The team stuck fast in the black muck, and every effort to extricate them served only to imbed them more hopelessly in the sticky gumbo.
There are no poorer roads in all the United States than the "gumbo" roads of the south—gumbo being the name give a certain kind of mud or clay that is particularly sticky, clings tenaciously, seems to have no bottom, and will not support any weight.
The red gumbo soil uttered ugly sucking sounds at the touch of a man's boot.
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Gumbo means (countable) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules..
Common synonyms include okra, abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo soil, hibiscus esculentus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The team stuck fast in the black muck, and every effort to extricate them served only to imbed them more hopelessly in the sticky gumbo.
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