Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gumbo \Gum"bo\, n. [Written aalso gombo.]
   1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra;
      okra soup.

   2. The okra plant or its pods.

Source : WordNet®

gumbo
     n 1: any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and
          very sticky mud when saturated with water [syn: {gumbo
          soil}]
     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 [syn: {okra}, {okra
        plant}, {lady's-finger}, {Abelmoschus esculentus}, {Hibiscus
        esculentus}]
     3: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but
        used especially in soups and stews [syn: {okra}]
     4: a soup or stew thickened with okra pods