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单词 okra
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•kra /ˈoʊkrə/USA pronunciation   n., pl. o•kras. 
  1. Plant Biology[countable] a shrub of the mallow family with green seed pods that have a sticky liquid inside them.
  2. Plant Biology, Food[uncountable] the pods, used esp. in soups and stews.
Also called gumbo. 
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
o•kra  (ō′krə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
  2. Plant Biology, Foodthe pods, used in soups, stews, etc.
  3. Fooda dish made with the pods. Also called gumbo. 
  • 1670–80; said to be of West African origin, though precise source unknown; compare Igbo ókùrù okra

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
okra /ˈəʊkrə/ n
  1. Also called: ladies' fingers an annual malvaceous plant, Hibiscus esculentus, of the Old World tropics, with yellow-and-red flowers and edible oblong sticky green pods
  2. the pod of this plant, eaten in soups, stews, etc
    See also gumbo
Etymology: 18th Century: of W African origin
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