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okra
gumbo
okra plant
lady's-finger
Abelmoschus esculentus
Hibiscus esculentus
Definition: 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