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Meanings of okra in English
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.
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Examples for "gumbo"
Examples for "gumbo"
1
She makes a lot of West Indian curries, gumbo, really nice things.
2
Place is a real electromagnetic gumbo. He glanced across to another station.
3
The creoles have introduced a new variety of their own called gumbo.
4
A gumbo patch should not be selected as a location for poultry.
5
I need to learn how to make a good gumbo and speak French.
Usage of okra in English
1
Just tryin' to plant some beans and okra while the sun's shinin'.
2
The standard okra variety is 'Clemson Spineless', which matures in 60 days.
3
Cut the okra in thin slices, and pare and slice the tomatoes.
4
Parch okra seed grind up or beat it up and make coffee.
5
A stray cat toys with a piece of okra in the hall.
6
If ever there was a way to eat okra, this is it.
7
Remove the okra from the pan, adding more oil if needed.
8
With chicken and okra this is the famous Creole Chicken of the South.
9
He sent visitors home with sacks of tomatoes, baskets of okra.
10
Scald and skin tomatoes and cut okra into cross sections half inch long.
11
Add a green pepper chopped fine, and two pods of okra.
12
Becky's fate was hanging in the balance, and his mother talked of okra!
13
Randy, would you mind picking a few pods of okra for the soup?
14
She wasn't sure she had ever come across a vegetable as slimy as okra.
15
Add the okra and some cilantro or Thai basil and give a good stir.
16
Fry the pork, and then add the onion and okra.
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