gumbo, gombo
a tall malvaceous plant, Hibiscus or Abelmoschus esculentus, indigenous to Africa, now cultivated in the East and West Indies and the southern United States; the young mucilaginous capsules or ‘pods’ , gumbo - a colloquial name for the okra plant or its pods (Hibiscus esculentus); a soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of this plant