okra : Idioms & Phrases

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okra plant

  • 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
    okra; Abelmoschus esculentus; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; gumbo.
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