okra plant
n 1: 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: {okra}, {gumbo},
{okra plant}, {lady's-finger}, {Abelmoschus esculentus},
{Hibiscus esculentus}]