Thesaurus: okra

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1. n. An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
2. n. long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
3. 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
4. n. long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
5. An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
6. An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whosegreen pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used forsoups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
7. n:100 n. long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant 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