OK [ō-'kā, in assenting or agreeing also 'ō-,kā] -adv or adj
- all right
- approval, endorsement
- approve, authorize
- Oklahoma
oka ['ō-kə] -n
(variant of oca)
- either of two So. American wood sorrels ( Oxalis crenataand O. tuberosa) cultivated for their edible tubers
- the tuber of an oca
oka·pi [ō-'kä-pē] -n
- an African ungulate mammal ( Okapia johnstoni) that is closely related to the giraffe but has a relatively short neck, a coat typically of solid reddish chestnut on the trunk, yellowish white on the cheeks, and purplish-black and cream rings on the upper parts of the legs
okey·doke [,ō-kē-'dōk] -adv
- used to express assent
Okie ['ō-kē] -n
- a migrant agricultural worker
- one from Oklahoma in the 1930s
Okla -abbr
- Oklahoma
okra ['ō-krə, Southern also -krē] -n
- a tall annual herb ( Abelmoschus esculentus) of the mallow family that is cultivated for its mucilaginous green pods used esp. in soups or stews
- the pods of this plant
- gumbo