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okra |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Okra \O"kra\, n. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also a dish prepared with them gumbo. 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: okra n 1: long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant 2: 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 [syn: {gumbo}, {okra plant}, {lady's-finger}, {Abelmoschus esculentus}, {Hibiscus esculentus}] 3: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews [syn: {gumbo}]
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