Noun: Abelmoschus esculentus
- 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
"They harvested fresh Abelmoschus esculentus for their gumbo recipe";
- okra, gumbo [N. Amer], okra plant, lady's-finger, Hibiscus esculentus, bhindi [Asia]
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus
Encyclopedia: Abelmoschus esculentus