noun
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: ↑okra, ↑gumbo, ↑okra plant, ↑lady's-finger, ↑Abelmoschus esculentus
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Abelmoschus, ↑genus Abelmoschus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.