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lady's-finger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
la-dy's-fin-ger
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

okra gumbo okra plant Abelmoschus esculentus Hibiscus esculentus

Questions

What does lady's-finger mean?
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

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