Dictionary Definition
ladyfinger n : small finger-shaped sponge
cake
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A small sponge cake,
approximately finger shaped.
- 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.
Extensive Definition
Lady finger, lady's finger, or ladyfinger may
refer to:
Plants:
- Okra
- Polygonum persicaria - more commonly called "lady's thumb"
- Mammillaria elongata - a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria
- Ladyfinger grape
- A variety of banana also known as "sugar banana"
Other:
- Lady Finger (cookie)
- Ladyfinger (band) - an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska
- Lady Finger (firecracker) - a kind of firecracker that is smaller than normal but similarly shaped (like a small cylinder with the fuse coming out of the top)
- "Ladyfingers", a song by Luscious Jackson from their 1999 album Electric Honey
- Ladyfinger Peak - another name for Bublimotin, a granite spire above the Hunza valley in northern Pakistan
ladyfinger in German:
Ladyfinger