秋葵是高大的熱帶的亞洲一年生植物 (ablemoschus荸薺）因為其可食用的黏質綠色莢而被廣泛種植于溫帶地區。

GUMBO a tall tropical asian annual plant (ablemoschus esculentus) widely cultivated in warm regions for its edible mucilaginous green pods.