gumbo (Noun) — Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water.
gumbo (Noun) — 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.
gumbo (Noun) — Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
gumbo (Noun) — A soup or stew thickened with okra pods.