abelmoschus esculentus

Noun abelmoschus esculentus has 1 sense

• abelmoschus esculentus(n = noun.plant) gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, 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; Array
has parts: gumbo, okra, okra
is a member of abelmoschus, genus abelmoschus
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant