Gumbo (Noun)
Meaning 1
Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus.
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Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 2
Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
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Meaning 3
Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water.
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Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The farmland was prone to flooding due to the rich gumbo soil that absorbed and held water like a sponge.
- During periods of heavy rainfall, the gumbo terrain would become impassable, bogging down even four-wheel-drive vehicles.
- Farmers struggled to till the gumbo fields, as their tractors would get stuck in the thick, clinging mud.
- The park ranger warned hikers to stay off the gumbo trails when wet, to avoid the muddy mess and potential safety hazards.
- Construction crews had to take extra precautions when building on the gumbo soil, which could shift and collapse without warning.