okra

A tall tropical African annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus) in the mallow family, widely cultivated in warm regions for its edible, mucilaginous green pods.

The edible pods of this plant, used in soups and stews and as a vegetable.

A plant, Hibiscus esculentus, an esteemed vegetable, cultivated in the East and West Indies, the southern United States, etc. See gumbo.

An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.

The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.

The annual plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, possibly of Ethiopian origin, grown for its edible pods.

long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant