okra
noun/ˈəʊkrə/, /ˈɒkrə/
/ˈəʊkrə/
[uncountable]- a plant of the mallow family, with long green seed cases that are eaten as a vegetable. The vegetable is also known as ladies’ fingers, gumbo or bhindi in different parts of the world.Topics Foodc2Word Originearly 18th cent.: a West African word, perhaps from the root nkru; compare with nkran, the name of the town Europeanized as Accra.
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