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[n] 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 |
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LADY'S-FINGER is a 13 letter word that starts with L. |
| | Synonyms: | | Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, Hibiscus esculentus, okra, okra plant |
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| | See Also: | | Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus, herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \La"dy's fin"ger\,
1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch.
2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions
of a finger.
3. A long, slender variety of the potato.
4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the branchi[ae] of the lobster.
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