ladies' fingers

English

Etymology

From their appearance.

Noun

ladies' fingers pl (plural only)

The edible pods of the okra plant.

Synonyms

(edible pods of okra): gumbo, okra, bhindi

Translations

edible pods of the okra plant

Chinese:
Mandarin: 秋葵 (zh) (qiūkuí), 黃秋葵 (zh), 黄秋葵 (zh) (huángqiūkuí), 羊角豆 (zh) (yángjiǎodòu)
Finnish: okran kota
French: gombo (fr) m
German: Okra f, Gemüse-Eibisch n

Japanese: オクラ (ja) (okura)
Malay: bendi
Malayalam: വെണ്ടക്ക (ml) (veṇṭakka)
Romanian: bamă (ro) f
Russian: о́кра (ru) f (ókra), бами́я (ru) f (bamíja), да́мские па́льчики f pl (dámskije pálʹčiki) (lady's little fingers), го́мбо n (gómbo)

See also

ladyfinger

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