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 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]