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
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Synonyms | abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant |
Type of | herb, herbaceous plant |
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