okra

Noun

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

• 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

• long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gumbo , okra plant , lady's-finger , Abelmoschus esculentus , Hibiscus esculentus