Definition of gumbo

• any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
• 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
• long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews