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 O·kra n.
 1. Bot. An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
 2. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.
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 Abelmoschus esculentus
      n : 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 [syn: okra, gumbo,
           okra plant, lady's-finger, Hibiscus esculentus]