lady's finger

lady's finger (plural ladies' fingers)

1. (chiefly India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei) Okra; an edible capsules of Abelmoschus esculentus.

   Synonym: ladies' fingers

2. Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria).
3. A small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

   Synonym: ladyfinger

4. A long, slender variety of potato.
5. One of the branchiae of the lobster.

• ladyfingers