okra /ˈokrə, ||kri/
秋葵,秋葵莢
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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okra
n 1: long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
2: 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: gumbo, okra
plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus
esculentus]
3: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but
used especially in soups and stews [syn: gumbo]