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lady's-finger ThesaurusNoun | 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 HibiscusAbelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus, okra plant, okra, gumbogumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stewsAbelmoschus, genus Abelmoschus - genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowersokra - long green edible beaked pods of the okra plantherb, 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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Synonyms for lady's-fingernoun 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 stewsSynonyms- Abelmoschus esculentus
- Hibiscus esculentus
- okra plant
- okra
- gumbo
Related Words- gumbo
- okra
- Abelmoschus
- genus Abelmoschus
- herb
- herbaceous plant
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