Lady's-fingerWordNet Explorer

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

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers

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

long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant