OK [ō-'kā, in assenting or agreeing also 'ō-,kā] -adv or adj

  1. all right
  2. approval, endorsement
  3. approve, authorize
  4. Oklahoma

oka ['ō-kə] -n

(variant of oca)

  1. either of two So. American wood sorrels ( Oxalis crenataand O. tuberosa) cultivated for their edible tubers
  2. the tuber of an oca

oka·pi [ō-'kä-pē] -n

  1. 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

  1. used to express assent

Okie ['ō-kē] -n

  1. a migrant agricultural worker
  2. one from Oklahoma in the 1930s

Okla -abbr

  1. Oklahoma

okra ['ō-krə, Southern also -krē] -n

  1. a tall annual herb ( Abelmoschus esculentus) of the mallow family that is cultivated for its mucilaginous green pods used esp. in soups or stews
  2. the pods of this plant
  3. gumbo