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plural gumbos
Definition of gumbo
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1
: a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables
2
: okra sense 1
3a
: any of various fine-grained silty soils especially of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky
b
: a heavy sticky mud
Definition of gumbo (Entry 2 of 2)
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