lady's-finger
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| Noun | 1. |  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 Hibiscusgumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews Abelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus - genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers okra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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