Definition of "ochra" [ochra]

• See okra. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Best thing to do with ochra (but it might need to be fresh) is to make soupa kanje (you need palm oil too)."
• "There were stews of meat, onions, sweet pippins, and _ochra_, which deserve notice."
• "Beecher, whose estimable cook-book you certainly must get, mentions that ochra seeds or gumbo cannot be told from Java; an army correspondent has since reported coffee made at the South from oker seeds, doubtless the same; another found in use the sweet potato, roasted, and flavored with coffee; while a friend has just described the most enticing beverage made from chickory, -- the root being stripped and dried under the stove."