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lady's finger
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lady's finger,
- The kidney vetch,
Anthyllis vulneraria ; called alsolady's fingers . [1913 Webster] - A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. [1913 Webster]
- A long, slender variety of the potato. [1913 Webster]
- One of the branchiæ of the lobster. [1913 Webster]
- 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 genusHibiscus ."different fromlady's fingers " [WordNet 1.5]
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