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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun okra has 3 senses
- okra(n = noun.plant) Array - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant; Array is a part of abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant
- okra(n = noun.plant) abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, 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
- okra(n = noun.food) gumbo - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews; Array is a kind of veg, vegetable, veggie
is a kind of pod, seedpod
is a member of abelmoschus, genus abelmoschus
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a part of abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
okra, n.
- An annual plant (
Abelmoschus esculentus syn.Hibiscus esculentus ), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [1913 Webster] - The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
okra, n.
1 a malvaceous African plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, yielding long ridged seed-pods.
2 the seed-pods eaten as a vegetable and used to thicken soups and stews. Also called GUMBO, ladies' fingers.
1 a malvaceous African plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, yielding long ridged seed-pods.
2 the seed-pods eaten as a vegetable and used to thicken soups and stews. Also called GUMBO, ladies' fingers.
Etymology
W.Afr. native name
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