| Noun | 1. | okra plant - 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 Hibiscusgumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | |