okra

n. pod-shaped green vegetable used in soups and stew; type of plant that bears the okra pod; dish prepared with okra, gumbo

Okra (American English: , British English ), also known as lady's finger, bhindi and gumbo, is a flowering plant in the mallow (along with such species as cotton and cocoa) family valued for its edible green fruits. Its scientific name is Abelmoschus esculentus. The species is an annual or perennial, growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are 10–20 cm long and broad, palmately lobed with 5–7 lobes. The flowers are 4–8 cm diameter, with five white to yellow petals, often with a red or purple spot at the base of each petal. The fruit is a capsule up to 18 cm long in maximum, containing numerous seeds.
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Noun
1. long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
(hypernym) pod, seedpod
(part-holonym) gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
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
(synonym) gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus
(part-meronym) gumbo
3. long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
(synonym) gumbo
(hypernym) vegetable, veggie
(part-holonym) gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus

n. okra, pod-shaped green vegetable used in soups and stew; type of plant that bears the okra pod; dish prepared with okra

n. ocher