[ noun ] (botany) 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

[ noun ] (botany) long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

[ noun ] (chemistry,food) long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews