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Definition of Okra

1. Noun. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.

2. Noun. 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.

3. Noun. Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.

Definition of Okra

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

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

Definition of Okra

1. Noun. the annual plant, ''Hibiscus esculentus'', of Ethiopian origin, grown for its edible pods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Okra

1. a tall annual herb [n -S]

Medical Definition of Okra

1. An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. Alternative forms: ocra and ochra. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Okra

okenite okenites oker okes okey okey-doke okey-dokey okey dokey okeydoke okeydokey

okimono okimonos okina okiya okonomiyaki okra (current term) okra plant okras okroshka okrug

okta oktas okuriashi okuridashi okurigake okurigana okurihikiotoshi okurinage okuritaoshi okuritsuridashi

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