| NOUN | plant | okra | long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant |
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| plant | okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus | 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 | |
| food | okra, gumbo | long mucilaginous green pods |
| Sounds | ow'krah | |
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| Rhymes | abracadabra ... zebra: 116 rhymes with rah... | |
| Meaning | long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant. | |
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| Part of | okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus | 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 |
| Broader | pod, seedpod | A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant |
| Spanish | okra | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus | |
| Member of | Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus | genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers |
| Parts | gumbo, okra | long mucilaginous green pods |
| okra | long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | abelmoschus esculentus, chimbombó, guingambó, Hibiscus esculentus, molondrón, ñajú, okra, quimbombó, quingombó | |
| Catalan | abelmoschus esculentus, Abelmoschus esculentus, ocra | |
| Meaning | long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews. | |
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| Synonym | gumbo | |
| Part of | okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus | 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 |
| Broader | vegetable, veggie, veg | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
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