aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | a soup or stew thickened with okra pods |
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews |
| 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 |
| any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water |