HyperDic: abelmoschus_esculentus

English > 1 sense of the expression Abelmoschus esculentus:
NOUNplantAbelmoschus esculentus, okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Hibiscus esculentustall 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
English > Abelmoschus esculentus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall 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.
Synonymsokra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Hibiscus esculentus
Member ofAbelmoschus, genus Abelmoschusgenus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers
Partsgumbo, okralong mucilaginous green pods
okralong green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishabelmoschus esculentus, chimbombó, guingambó, Hibiscus esculentus, molondrón, ñajú, okra, quimbombó, quingombó
Catalanabelmoschus esculentus, Abelmoschus esculentus, ocra

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