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aubergine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aubergine has 2 senses
- aubergine(n = noun.plant) brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, solanum melongena - hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable; Array has parts: aubergine, eggplant, mad apple
- aubergine(n = noun.food) eggplant, mad apple - egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow; Array is a kind of solanaceous vegetable
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus solanum, solanum
is a part of aubergine, brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, solanum melongena
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aubergine, n.
1 a tropical plant, Solanum melongena, having erect or spreading branches bearing white or purple egg-shaped fruit.
2 this fruit eaten as a vegetable. Also called EGGPLANT.
3 the dark purple colour of this fruit.
1 a tropical plant, Solanum melongena, having erect or spreading branches bearing white or purple egg-shaped fruit.
2 this fruit eaten as a vegetable. Also called EGGPLANT.
3 the dark purple colour of this fruit.
Etymology
F f. Cat. alberginia f. Arab. al-badinjan f. Pers. badingan f. Skr. vatimgana
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