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GUMBO SOIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gumbo soil mean?
• GUMBO SOIL (noun)
The noun GUMBO SOIL has 1 sense:
1. any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
Familiarity information: GUMBO SOIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
gumbo; gumbo soil
Hypernyms ("gumbo soil" is a kind of...):
dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)
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