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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Okra  \O"kra\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  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}.] 

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