/gum"boh/ , n. , pl. gumbos , adj.
n.
1. a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
2. okra.
3. soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.
adj.
4. of, pertaining to, or like gumbo.
[ 1795-1805, Amer.; gombo, gumbo ochinggombo, Luba chinggombo okra ]