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eggplant

Noun

egg=plant

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eggplant(n = noun.food) aubergine, 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 part of aubergine, brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, solanum melongena

eggplant(n = noun.plant) aubergine, brinjal, 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

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus solanum, solanum

eggplant, n.

A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a vegetable. [1913 Webster]
The fruit of the eggplant{1}. [PJC]

eggplant, n. = AUBERGINE.

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