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Abelmoschus
(gcide) | Abelmoschus \Abelmoschus\ prop. n.
1. 1 A genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed
leaves and often yellow flowers.
Syn: genus Abelmoschus
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abelmoschus
(wn) | Abelmoschus
n 1: genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves
and often yellow flowers [syn: Abelmoschus, {genus
Abelmoschus}] |
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Abelmoschus esculentus
(gcide) | Okra \O"kra\, n.
1. (Bot.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus syn.
Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in
nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or
pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]
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2. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a
dish prepared with them; gumbo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Lady's finger \La"dy's fin"ger\,
1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria;
called also lady's fingers.
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2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions
of a finger.
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3. A long, slender variety of the potato.
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4. (Zool.) One of the branchiae of the lobster.
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5. (Bot.) A tall coarse annual (Abelmoschus esculentus) of
Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern U. S. and
West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as
basis for soups and stews; it is sometimes placed in the
genus Hibiscus. [WordNet sense 1]
Note: different from lady's fingers
Syn: okra, gumbo, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus,
Hibiscus esculentus.
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Abelmoschus moschatus
(gcide) | Abelmosk \A"bel*mosk`\, n. [NL. abelmoschus, fr. Ar. abu-l-misk
father of musk, i. e., producing musk. See Musk. (or Ar.
[.h]abb-al-mosk, musk seed --RHUD 1.3] (Bot.)
An evergreen shrub (Abelmoschus moschatus -- formerly
Hibiscus moschatus), of the East and West Indies and
Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and
to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow. The
seeds produce ambrette-seed oil.
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Hibiscus abelmoschus
(gcide) | Amber seed \Am"ber seed`\ ([a^]m"b[~e]r s[=e]d`).
Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling
millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a
flavor like that of musk; musk seed. --Chambers.
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abelmoschus
(wn) | Abelmoschus
n 1: genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves
and often yellow flowers [syn: Abelmoschus, {genus
Abelmoschus}] |
abelmoschus esculentus
(wn) | Abelmoschus esculentus
n 1: 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 [syn: okra, gumbo,
okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus,
Hibiscus esculentus] |
abelmoschus moschatus
(wn) | Abelmoschus moschatus
n 1: bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to
scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus [syn: abelmosk,
musk mallow, Abelmoschus moschatus, {Hibiscus
moschatus}] |
genus abelmoschus
(wn) | genus Abelmoschus
n 1: genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves
and often yellow flowers [syn: Abelmoschus, {genus
Abelmoschus}] |
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