English > okra plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | 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 | okra, gumbo, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus |
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Member of | Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus | genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers |
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Parts | gumbo, okra | long mucilaginous green pods |
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okra | long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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Spanish | abelmoschus esculentus, chimbombó, guingambó, Hibiscus esculentus, molondrón, ñajú, okra, quimbombó, quingombó |
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Catalan | abelmoschus esculentus, Abelmoschus esculentus, ocra |
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