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OKRA PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does okra plant mean? 

OKRA PLANT (noun)
  The noun OKRA PLANT has 1 sense:

1. 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 Hibiscusplay

  Familiarity information: OKRA PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OKRA PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abelmoschus esculentus; gumbo; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; okra; okra plant

Hypernyms ("okra plant" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "okra plant"):

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

okra (long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant)

Holonyms ("okra plant" is a member of...):

Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus (genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers)


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