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Meaning of ladyfinger

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ladyfinger

noun

Definitions

  1. A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a finger.

    Example: Ladyfingers soaked in liqueur are the base of tiramisu, but I suppose you could just cut up a sponge cake instead.

  2. A type of small banana.

  3. A variety of small firecracker.

    Example: Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day.

noun

Definitions

  1. The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

  2. The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.