From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Okra \O"kra\, n.
1. (Bot.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus syn.
Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in
nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or
pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
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2. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a
dish prepared with them; gumbo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lady's finger \La"dy's fin"ger\,
1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria;
called also lady's fingers.
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2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions
of a finger.
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3. A long, slender variety of the potato.
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4. (Zool.) One of the branchiae of the lobster.
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5. (Bot.) A tall coarse annual (Abelmoschus esculentus) of
Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern U. S. and
West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as
basis for soups and stews; it is sometimes placed in the
genus Hibiscus. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: different from lady's fingers
Syn: okra, gumbo, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus,
Hibiscus esculentus.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Abelmoschus esculentus
n 1: 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 [syn: okra, gumbo,
okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus,
Hibiscus esculentus]