Okra

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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

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Senses

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Wordset Dictionary

long mucilaginous green pods

Wordset Dictionary

long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: gumbo
plural: Okras
possessive: Okra's
pluralpossessive: Okras'

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