eggplant Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
aubergine; mad apple.
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noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
aubergine; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; brinjal; mad apple; garden egg.
WordNet
Egg"plant` noun
Definitions
(Bot.) A plant ( Solanum Melongena ), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.