okra
/ˈəʊkrə/noun
mass noun
1- a plant of the mallow family with long ridged seed pods, native to the Old World tropics秋葵, 咖啡黄葵, 羊角豆。
1.1
- Abelmoschus esculentus, family Malvaceae.拉丁名Abelmoschus esculentus,锦葵科。
1.2
- the immature seed pods of this plant eaten as a vegetable and also used to thicken soups and stews咖啡黄葵豆荚, 羊角豆荚。亦称BHINDI, GUMBO, 或LADIES' FINGERS.
词源
early 18th cent.: a West African word, perhaps from the root nkru; compare with nkran, the name of the town Europeanized as Accra.