ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS

• (noun) 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

  synonyms : gumbo , hibiscus esculentus , lady's-finger , okra , okra plant

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