ocra

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A form of okra — The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

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nounocra (countable and uncountable, plural ocras)

plural ocras

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of okra.

    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
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    ...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

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