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ocra

ocra is the obsolete spelling of okra.

Meaning of okra

Noun

okra (countable and uncountable, plural okras)

  1. The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
    • ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pages 59–60
    Synonyms:
    ladies' fingers
  2. The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.
    • Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., volume I, page 222

Forms of ocra

pluralocras

Questions about ocra

What is ocra the obsolete spelling of?
Ocra is the obsolete spelling of okra.

Words near ocra in the dictionary

  1. OCPDs
  2. OCPs
  3. ocque
  4. ocques
  5. OCR
  6. ocra
  7. OCRable
  8. ocracies
  9. Ocracoke
  10. Ocracoker
  11. Ocracokers

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