okra

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

   “...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...”

2. isim The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.

   “Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.”