(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, Syn.lady's-finger, gumbo, okra plant, Hibiscus esculentus, Abelmoschus esculentus
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. 1. (Bot.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [ Written also ocra and ochra. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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