1) Abelmoschus esculentus 2) AKA gumbo 3) Asian vegetable 4) Bayou soup ingredient 5) Beaked pods 6) Bendy plant 7) Bhindi, on Indian menus 8) Book raved about a vegetable 9) Bourbon Street stew vegetable 10) Bourbon street vegetable 11) Bourbon street veggie 12) Brunswick stew ingredient 13) Buddy to sweet peppers
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1) Bhindi 2) Gumbo 3) Pod
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== Vernacular names == The name okra is most often used in the United States, and Philippines with a variant pronunciation, English Caribbean okro. The word okra is of Nigerian origin and is cognate with ọkwurụ in the Igbo language spoken in Nigeria. Okra is often known as `lady`s fingers` outside of Africa. In various Bantu languages, okra......
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• (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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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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(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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(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 can form shrubs up to 30 feet tall. They have eve...
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A vegetable with green pods that originated from Africa that can be used to make gumbo or smothered down as a side dish. . Gumbo is also the Cajun French word for okra.
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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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from Igbo ókùrù
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[
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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A vegetable, lady finger (bhindia).
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noun long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
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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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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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Bhindi
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