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 3.0
long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
source: WordNet 3.0
An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
source: Webster 1913
The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.
