1. (

• okra ,

) long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant ;

2. (

• okra ,
• gumbo ,
• okra_plant ,
• lady's-finger ,
• Abelmoschus_esculentus ,
• Hibiscus_esculentus

) 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 ;

3. (

• gumbo ,
• okra

) long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews ;