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okra

DEFINITIONS OF: okra

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n 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, gumbo, lady's-finger, okra plant
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

n long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

Type of:
pod, seedpod
a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant

n long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

Synonyms:
gumbo
Type of:
veg, vegetable, veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
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