abelmoschus esculentus

Noun

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  okra , gumbo , okra plant , lady's-finger , Abelmoschus esculentus , Hibiscus esculentus