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Word: Okra
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from a West African word, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈəʊkrə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɒkrə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a plant of the mallow family with long ridged seed pods, native to the Old World tropics.
Short Definition:plant of mallow family
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