okra

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I actually quite enjoyed this dish because it contained okra, my WHB ingredient this week.

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  1. noun A tall tropical Asian annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus) widely cultivated in warm regions for its edible, mucilaginous green pods.
  2. noun The edible pods of this plant, used in soups and as a vegetable. Also called regionally gumbo.
  3. noun See gumbo.

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  1. Of West African origin; akin to Akan (Twi) nkruma.

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  1. Formerly also ochra, okro, ochro; West Indian (?).
 

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/ˈɑkrə/
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