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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Hibiscus 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, Abelmoschus esculentus]