
Synonymes :
Lady Finger
Catégories : Plante médicinale
Okra (Wiktionary)
English
Alternative forms
- okry (Southern US vern.); ochro, ochroe (Caribbean); okro
- (obsolete): ochre, ockro, ocra, ocro, occra, occro, ochra, ocre, okero, okwa, ookroo
Etymology
From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).