LADY'S-FINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lady's-finger mean? 

• LADY'S-FINGER (noun)
  The noun LADY'S-FINGER has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: LADY'S-FINGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LADY'S-FINGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("lady's-finger" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "lady's-finger"):

gumbo; okra (long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews)

okra (long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant)

Holonyms ("lady's-finger" is a member of...):

Abelmoschus; genus Abelmoschus (genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers)