About The Word Eggplant
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Eggplant
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What's The Definition Of Eggplant?
[n] egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
[n] hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable Synonyms | Synonyms for Eggplant: aubergine | aubergine | brinjal | eggplant bush | garden egg | mad apple | mad apple | Solanum melongena Related Terms | Find terms related to Eggplant: See Also | brinjal | eggplant | eggplant | eggplant bush | garden egg | genus Solanum | herb | herbaceous plant | solanaceous vegetable | Solanum | Solanum melongena Eggplant In Webster's Dictionary \Egg"plant`\, n. (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.
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