Hypertext Webster Gateway: "okra"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Okra \O"kra\, n.
The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish
prepared with them; gumbo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Okra \O"kra\, n. (Bot.)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
okra
n 1: long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
2: 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: {gumbo}, {okra
plant}, {lady's-finger}, {Abelmoschus esculentus}, {Hibiscus
esculentus}]
3: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but
used especially in soups and stews [syn: {gumbo}]
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