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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 okra plant
      n : 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 [syn: okra, gumbo,
           lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus
           esculentus]