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ladyfinger

3.7

A long green vegetable also called okra used in cooking

noun
/ˈleɪdiˌfɪŋɡər/

Indian

: okra

Have you ever tried ladyfingers in a curry?

Examples

In the garden, we harvested some fresh ladyfingers for the stir-fry.
She added sliced ladyfingers to the curry to enhance its flavor.
She added chopped ladyfinger to the curry for extra flavor.
Farmers harvest ladyfinger early in the morning to keep it fresh.
Many people enjoy fried ladyfinger as a crunchy snack.
I bought some fresh ladyfingers from the market.
For dinner, we decided to cook ladyfingers with tomatoes and spices.

Synonyms

okra

vsladyfinger

18 4.0

A vegetable with long green pods used in soups and stews

focuses on the slender pod shape as a descriptive English name

gumbo

vsladyfinger

1 5.6

A plant with long green pods that people eat as a vegetable

is the more descriptive term stressing long slender pod shape

bhindi

vsladyfinger

Indian

1 7.5

A green vegetable with long edible seed pods used in Indian cooking

is the general English name used outside that regional context

lady's-finger

vsladyfinger

4.2

A vegetable plant that makes long green pods used in soups and stews, also called okra

is identical in meaning but written without a hyphen

Abelmoschus esculentus

vsladyfinger

Specialized

8.6

A tall plant that makes green edible pods called okra used in cooking

is the everyday cooking name rather than the technical term

Surface Forms

ladyfinger singular

ladyfingers plural

Morphology

ladyfinger = lady + finger (transparent) = lady + finger

Common name for okra based on its long, slender, finger-like shape; the compound directly signals shape and is inferable by learners.

Etymology

Ladyfinger is another name for okra and comes from the pod's long, thin shape, like a lady's 'finger'. That's why people call this slim green vegetable a 'ladyfinger' in cooking.