The Clue
Plants of the mallow family (5 letter answer)
The Answer
OKRAS
Tags
Notes
The answer OKRAS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.
Related Clues
Gumbos
Gumbo dishes
Gumbo vegetables
Podded plants
Soup plants
Five-sided pods
Mallow family members
Shrubs of the mallow family
They're often pickled
Plants grown for their pods
They're often deep-fried
Vegetables also known as lady's-fingers
Definition
OKRA as a noun:
1. long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant
2. (okra, gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus) = tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
3. (gumbo, okra) = long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews