OKRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does okra mean? 

• OKRA (noun)
  The noun OKRA has 3 senses:

1. long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

2. 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

3. long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

  Familiarity information: OKRA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OKRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("okra" is a kind of...):

pod; seedpod (a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant)

Holonyms ("okra" is a part of...):

Abelmoschus esculentus; gumbo; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; okra; okra plant (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("okra" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "okra"):

gumbo; okra (long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews)

okra (long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant)

Holonyms ("okra" is a member of...):

Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus (genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

gumbo; okra

Hypernyms ("okra" is a kind of...):

veg; vegetable; veggie (edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant)

Holonyms ("okra" is a part of...):

Abelmoschus esculentus; gumbo; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; okra; okra plant (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)