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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules. · A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions. · A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.
Etymology tree Kimbundu ingomboder. French gombobor. ▲ French gombo Louisiana Creole gombobor. English gumbo Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó.
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