okra plant

Noun

1.

okra plant - 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, gumbo

Abelmoschus, Abelmoschus esculentus, genus Abelmoschus, gumbo, herb, herbaceous plant, Hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra