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Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus
/ˌeɪbəlˈmɒskəs ɛˈskjuːləntəs/
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
(
Abelmoschus esculentus
,
gumbo
[ N. American]
,
Hibiscus esculentus
,
lady's-finger
,
okra
,
okra plant
,
bhindi
[Asia]
)
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
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