1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria; called also lady's fingers. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A long, slender variety of the potato. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Zool.) One of the branchiae of the lobster. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Bot.) A tall coarse annual (Abelmoschus esculentus) of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern U. S. and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; it is sometimes placed in the genus Hibiscus. [ wns=1 ] different from lady's fingers
Syn. -- okra, gumbo, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |