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