okra

Plural: okras

Noun

• 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.

Synonyms

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