okra plant

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

gumbo okra lady's finger Hibiscus esculentus Abelmoschus esculentus

Hypernyms

herb herbaceous plant

Close letter words and terms

Okpewho OKR okra okra stew okrag Okrand