Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as egg-plant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The eggplant bush (Solanum melongena). See eggplant.
  • noun The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany, obsolete eggplant

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
  • noun egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

Etymologies

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Because it was once thought to cause various diseases.

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Examples

  • I have now a picture of a mad-apple and a parsnip, and then to hang with that a slice of pumpkin and a piece of Brie cheese.

    Renée Mauperin Edmond de Goncourt 1859

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