| okra | (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; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus, Syn. lady's-finger, gumbo, okra plant, Hibiscus esculentus, Abelmoschus esculentus |
| Okra { f }; essbarer Eibisch; Ladyfinger { m } [ bot. ] | okra; lady's-finger [Add to Longdo] |