ladyfinger
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ladyfinger noun
- A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a finger.“Ladyfingers soaked in liqueur are the base of tiramisu, but I suppose you could just cut up a sponge cake instead.”
- A type of small banana.
- A variety of small firecracker.“Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day.”
ladyfinger noun
- The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
- The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.
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lady's fingersavoiardi biscuitsponge fingerladies' fingersbhindigumboladyfingerladysfingerfoam fingerfingerbreadthfingerleechfingerear fingerfingerermedical fingerleech-fingerfawnyfinger pad
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