/ ˈəʊkrə; ˈɒkrə; NAmE ˈoʊkrə/ (also bhindi ) noun
[ U ] (also ˌladies' ˈfingers ) the green seed cases of the okra plant, eaten as a vegetable
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent.: a West African word, perhaps from the root nkru ; compare with nkran , the name of the town Europeanized as Accra .