Meaning

noun long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

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 Hi

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

originFrom an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).

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