Definitions of okra on the Web:
* Introduced from Africa by slaves; resembles a large green chile with longitudinal ribs outside and many round, slimy, but edible seeds inside ...
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* A tapered green pod with ridged skin, the okra exudes a viscous juice in cooking which thickens stews and braised dishes. ...
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* A vegetable with green pods that originated from Africa that can be used to make gumbo or smothered down as a side dish. . Gumbo is also the Cajun French word for okra.
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* A vegetable brought to the US South by African slaves. Okra pods are green and ridged. When cooked, okra gives off a viscous substance which may ...
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* Brought to the Americas from Africa, these green pods are mainly used in Southern US dishes.
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* A green pod vegetable of African origin used in gumbos and as a side dish.
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* The term refers to the fruit.
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* A vegetable also called ‘ladies’ fingers’ a long green pod, full of seeds.
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* A vegetable that is widely used in Indian, Caribbean and southern US cookery where it is an essential ingredient of gumbo; also called ‘ladies’ fingers’ because of its appearance. ...
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* green pod vegetable, originally from Africa
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* The word gumbo comes from the Central Bantu word kigombo, meaning okra. The word came into Caribbean Spanish as guingambó, which is now the word for okra in Puerto Rico. Gumbo means "okra" in Gullah (a Charlestonian Creole dialect). Indeed, the original gumbo was made with okra. ...
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* long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
* 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
* gumbo: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
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* Okra (American English: , British English ), also known as lady's finger, Webster's Online Dictionary: Okra. Rerieved 2006-09-23. ...
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* the annual plant, Hibiscus esculentus, of Ethiopian origin, grown for its edible pods
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