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Detailed Synonyms for lady's-finger in English
lady's-finger:
lady's-finger [the ~] nom
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the lady's-finger
– tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus 1the Abelmoschus esculentus; the Hibiscus esculentus; the gumbo; the lady's-finger; the okra; the okra plant– tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus 1