n. The pod of Hibiscus esculentus, also called okra.n. A soup, usually of chicken, thickened with okra.n. A dish made of young capsules of okra, seasoned with salt and pepper, and stewed and served with melted butter.n. A patois spoken by West Indian and Louisianian creoles and negroes.n. A type of soil in the southern and western United States which forms a tough, dark-colored mass in a high degree plastic and clay-like, yet sometimes consisting chiefly of silt or very fine sand. It is very sticky and difficult to till when wet, and when dry breaks into hard cuboidal lumps. See gumbo clay.