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ID 706305 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Agriculture - Food Industry - Livestock Industry - FisheriesBiology - Biotechnology
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  • a tall malvaceous plant, Hibiscus or Abelmoschus esculentus, indigenous to Africa, now cultivated in the East and West Indies and the southern United States; the young mucilaginous capsules or ‘pods’ are used as an esculent vegetable and for thickening soup; the stem furnishes a fibre suitable for ropes. Also a name for the pods
  • gumbo - a colloquial name for the okra plant or its pods (Hibiscus esculentus); a soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of this plant
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