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 ). Seeeggplant . - 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
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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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