noun
- Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
- 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: gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
- Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
- synonyms: gumbo
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