Okra

n.	1.	(Bot.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
	2.	The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.

Noun	1.	okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
	2.	okra - 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: Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant, gumbo
	3.	okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews Synonyms: gumbo

Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra plant, pod, seedpod