WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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