'chicken gumbo' definitions:
Definition of 'chicken gumbo'
From: GCIDE
- Gumbo \Gum"bo\ (g[u^]m"b[-o]), n. [Written also gombo.]
- 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. Especially, A thick stew made with chicken (chicken gumbo), or seafood (seafood gumbo), thickened with okra or file, and also containing greens and often hot spices; it is particularly popular in Louisiana. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The okra plant or its pods. [1913 Webster]