columbo | (noun) any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington | Synonyms: American columbo, American gentian, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant |
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gumbo | (noun) a soup or stew thickened with okra pods | - |
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(noun) long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews | Synonyms: okra |
(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 | Synonyms: Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant |
(noun) any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water | Synonyms: gumbo soil |
jumbo | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, giant |
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umbo | (noun) a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum | - |
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