LADY'S-FINGER - Definition

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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[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

	Synonyms:	Abelmoschus esculentus, gumbo, Hibiscus esculentus, okra, okra plant

	See Also:	Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus, herb, herbaceous plant

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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.