- (North American English) (also okra British and North American English, British English ladies' fingers [plural], Indian English bhindi [countable, uncountable])
the green seed cases of the okra plant, eaten as a vegetable 秋葵，黄秋葵（一种蔬菜） a thick chicken or seafood soup, usually made with the vegetable okra 秋葵汤（用秋葵做的鸡汤或海鲜浓汤）
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from the Angolan word kingombo ‘okra’.