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1.nounA 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."
2.nounA type of small banana.
3.nounA variety of small firecracker."Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day."
4.nounThe edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
5.nounThe flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.