okra

noun

long mucilaginous green pods

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

long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

Roots

okuruokra- · other · okra

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