OKRA


Meaning of OKRA in English

/ 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 .

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