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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
lady's-finger is a noun meaning "tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus". It carries one recorded sense.
tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lady's-finger come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.