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Gumbo has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water

2

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

3

long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

4

a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

5

Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.

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soil herb vegetable soup
Rhyming Words
ambo umbo lmbo dimbo dambo himbo jimbo kimbo limbo timbo wimbo zimbo combo pombo rombo tombo bumbo dumbo jumbo lumbo
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