• 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
• noun:   long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
• noun:   long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

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