Okra

['ɒkrə;'əʊkrə] or ['okrə]

Definition

(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.

(noun.) long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.

Editor: Moore--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.

Typist: Louis

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Gumbo (Abelmoschus esculentus).

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