gumbo
noun /ˈɡʌmbəʊ/
/ˈɡʌmbəʊ/
[uncountable]- (North American English) (also okra British and North American English, British English ladies' fingers [plural], Indian English bhindi [countable, uncountable])the green seed cases of the okra plant, eaten as a vegetable
- a thick chicken or seafood soup, usually made with the vegetable okra
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from the Angolan word kingombo ‘okra’.