LADY'S-FINGER Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word lady's-finger. (close relations)
Definition of LADY'S-FINGER
Best Alternative Words for LADY'S-FINGER
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gumbo | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water • 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 • long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews • a soup or stew thickened with okra pods | ||||||||
okra | nounn | |||||||
noun • long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant • 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 • long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews | ||||||||
bindi | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women. • Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot. • The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America. • A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet. • Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns. • Any of a various plants of the genus Sclerolaena. | ||||||||
ladyfingers | nounn | |||||||
noun • small finger-shaped sponge cake | ||||||||
abelmoschus esculentus | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
hibiscus esculentus | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
okra plant | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 |