any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water

[ Syn: gumbo soil ]

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 , okra plant , ladys-finger , abelmoschus esculentus , hibiscus esculentus ]

long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

[ Syn: okra ]

a soup or stew thickened with okra pods