lady's-finger

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lady's-finger 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

lady's-finger Synonyms

• Abelmoschus esculentus
• gumbo
• Hibiscus esculentus
• lady's-finger
• okra
• okra plant