genus abelmoschus
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is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsmember holonym:
- abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, hibiscus esculentus, lady's-finger, okra, okra plant - 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
- abelmoschus moschatus, abelmosk, hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow - bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
belongs to: family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okrasame as: abelmoschus
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