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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 okra /ˈokrə, ||kri/
 秋葵,秋葵莢

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

 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]