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}]