Look up: okra

1. Okra
   (Hibiscis) This is a group of hardy and tender shrubs and annual and perennial plants that come from Asia and tropical East Africa. These plants flourish in sunny positions. Tropical Hibiscus can only grow in climates that are frostless, such as Hawaii, southern California and southern Florida. They...
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2. Okra
   A vegetable pod used mainly in gumbos, but also other soups, and served as a vegetable.
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3. okra
   [n] - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant 2. [n] - 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
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4. Okra
   A vegetable, lady finger (bhindia).
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5. Okra
   O'kra noun (Botany) An annual plant ( Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus ), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [ Written also ocra and ochra .]
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6. Okra
   O'kra noun The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.
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7. okra
   <botany> An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. ... Alternative forms: ocra and ochra. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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8. okra
   gumbo 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
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9. okra
   noun long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
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10. Okra
    • (n.) The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo. • (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
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11. Okra
    city, Punjab province, east-central Pakistan. In 1869 it became the headquarters of the tahsil (subdivision) of Okra, supplanting Gugera as ...
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12. okra
    (Hibiscus, or Abelmoschus, esculentus), herbaceous, hairy, annual plant of the mallow family (Malvaceae). It is native to the tropics of the Eastern ... [2 related articles]
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13. okra
    okra: see mallow.
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14. okra
    Plant belonging to the Old World hibiscus family. Its red-and-yellow flowers are followed by long, sticky, green fruits known as ladies' fingers or bhindi. The fruits are cooked in soups and stews. (Hibiscus esculentus, family Malvaceae.)
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15. Okra
    `Okra` (Abelmoschus esculentus UK-->, known in many English-speaking countries as `lady`s fingers` or `gumbo`) is a flowering plant in the mallow family. It is valued for its edible green seed pods. Originating in Africa, the plant is cultivated in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate reg...
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