A tall plant from the mallow family that produces an edible pod containing a gooey, mucilaginous flesh with seeds Often called "gumbo" because is used in gumbos, soups and stews Okra serves to thicken the liquid in which it is cooked
Ladies finger A vegetable grown and consumed both in India and abroad Certain metals like iron and tin tend to discolour this vegetable, hence, for cooking, one should avoid using such utensils and spoons
Okra is a vegetable that consists of long green parts containing seeds. a green vegetable used in cooking, especially in Asia and the southern US (From a language). Herbaceous, hairy, annual plant (Hibiscus esculentus or Abelmoschus esculentus), of the mallow family, grown for its edible fruit. Okra leaves are deeply notched; flowers are yellow with a crimson centre. The fruit, or pod, is a tapering, 10-angled capsule 4-10 in. (10-25 cm) long. Only the tender, unripe fruit is eaten; it is prepared in a number of ways and is a defining ingredient of the gumbos of the southern U.S. Because of its large amount of mucilage (a gelatinous substance), okra is used to thicken broths. In some countries the seeds are used as a substitute for coffee
{i} pod-shaped green vegetable used in soups and stew; type of plant that bears the okra pod; dish prepared with okra, gumbo
A vegetable pod used mainly in gumbos, but also other soups, and served as a vegetable
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
An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo
The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo
Green tapered pods used for Gumbo or as a vegetable Okra should be small, not over two or three inches long Pods should be firm, undamaged, and not at all mushy