ladies' fingers

(Plants) (functioning as singular or plural) another name for kidney vetch, okra

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ladies’ fingers

pl → Okra f

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Home-made biscuits waited at the Court of these Powers, accompanied by a goodly fragment of plum- cake, and various slender ladies' fingers, to be dipped into sweet wine and kissed.

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Which annual plant bears edible seed pods known as ladies' fingers? 6.

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It is often used in African and Indian cooking and known as ladies' fingers or gumbo.

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But the vegetable - often used in African and Indian cooking and known as ladies' fingers or gumbo - can been grown in this country.

Grow your own ladies' fingers!

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