Okra

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A tall tropical African annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus) in the mallow family, widely cultivated in warm regions for its edible, mucilaginous green pods.
  • noun. The edible pods of this plant, used in soups and stews and as a vegetable.
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A plant, Hibiscus esculentus, an esteemed vegetable, cultivated in the East and West Indies, the southern United States, etc. See gumbo.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
  • noun. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The annual plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, possibly of Ethiopian origin, grown for its edible pods.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
  • noun. long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
  • 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
    • Word Usage
    "I have been up to my ears in okra the past two weeks with more on its way."
    cross-reference
    musk-okra  wild okra  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Herb  herbaceous plant  pod  seedpod  veg  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    avocado  bologna  broccoli  brocoli  capsicum  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gumbo  ladies' fingers  
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