ocra

See also: Ocra

English

Noun

ocra (countable and uncountable, plural ocras)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of okra.
   • 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pp. 59–60:

     ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...

   • 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., Vol. I, p. 222:

     Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.

References

• “okra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• AOCR, Arco, Caro, Cora, Roca, acro, acro-, arco, orca

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ocras, ocrât

Verb

ocra

1. third-person singular past historic of ocrer

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”).

Adjective

ocra (feminine singular ocra, masculine plural ocra, feminine plural ocra)

1. tawny

Noun

ocra f (plural ocre)

1. ochre

Anagrams

• acro
• arco
• caro
• orca
• roca

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ocre

Noun

ocra f (plural ocras)

1. ochre (earth pigment containing silica, aluminium and ferric oxide)

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Spanish

Etymology

From a West African language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈokɾa/

Noun

ocra m (plural ocras)

1. (El Salvador) okra, Abelmoschus esculentus

Synonyms

• quingombó

Further reading

• “ocra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.