单词 | ladies-fingers |
释义 | ladies' fingers in British Englishnoun (functioning as singular or plural) another name for kidney vetch, okra kidney vetch in British Englishnoun a silky leguminous perennial plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of Europe and N Africa, with yellow or orange flowers Also called: ladies' fingersokra in British English (ˈəʊkrə) noun 1. Also called: ladies' fingers an annual malvaceous plant, Hibiscus esculentus, of the Old World tropics, with yellow-and-red flowers and edible oblong sticky green pods 2. the pod of this plant, eaten in soups, stews, etc See also gumbo (sense 1)Word origin C18: of W African originDefinition of 'ladies' fingers' |
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