Abelmoschus esculentus

Abelmoschus esculentus
noun
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
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Abelmoschus, ↑genus Abelmoschus
Part Meronyms: ↑gumbo, ↑okra

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