okra

Plural: okras

Noun

• A tall annual herb with edible green pods.
• long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• 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
• long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
• The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
• The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.

Examples

• The simple play of OKRA allowed him to set up a larger word for his next turn.

Synonyms

Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant, bandikai, bhindi, ladies' fingers, ladyfinger