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- noun (Bot.) See
okra .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
okra .
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Examples
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Well, Esperanza, Darlin 'Down South they like rutabagas but they prefer frahed ocra, butter beans, turnip and collard greens.
rutabagas 2004
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In southern Mali, millet and rice are preferred, along with peanuts, ocra, sweet potatoes and fish.
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Cut up a large fat chicken; boil it in two gallons of water, adding at the time you put in the chicken the same quantity of ocra, two large onions cut fine; season with pepper, salt, thyme and parsley; and when nearly done, drop in dumplings made of one egg, half a pint of rich milk, and flour sufficient to make them so that they will drop from a spoon.
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea
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Take an equal quantity of young tender ocra chopped fine, and ripe tomatoes skinned, an onion cut into slices, a small lump of butter, a little salt and pepper.
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Some underground peas and Indian corn had escaped, and likewise the caliloo green and ocra of Jamaica.
A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785
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I have also been harvesting basil, potatoes, ocra, kankung and nice large sweet chillis on an occasional basis.
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* Your program should 'require' all necessary files when invoked without arguments, so ocra can detect all dependencies.
RubyForge Gems 2009
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For more information about OCRA, please visit: www. in.gov / ocra.
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In the end, I added heaps of veggies (potatoes, carrots, ocra, red peppers, onions and garlic) and poured in a half cup of cream to thicken because it was watery and wasn't sure what I could eat it with (whether rice, bread or noodle).
unknown title 2008
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Evander, Pani Lycaeo ocra in Italia facturus, locura reperit idoneum, quem waXovei Pwfta/ov Aov*s? yaA.
P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum libri VI. Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso, Gottlieb Erdmann Gierig 1812
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