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1. (n.) eggplant
a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, usu. dark-purple fruit.
2. eggplant
the fruit of this plant used as a vegetable.
3. eggplant
a blackish purple color; aubergine.
Etymology: (1760–70)
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1. (noun) eggplant, aubergine, mad apple
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
2. (noun) eggplant, 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
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1. (noun) eggplant
a dark purple vegetable
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1. (noun) eggplant
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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Sense: a dark purple fruit used as a vegetable.
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 Afrikaans: eiervrug |
 Arabic: باذِنْجان |
 Bulgarian: патладжан |
 Brazilian: berinjela |
 Czech: lilek, baklažán |
 German: die Aubergine |
 Danish: aubergine |
 Greek: μελιτζάνα |
 Spanish: berenjena |
 Estonian: baklaþaan |
 Farsi: بادنجان |
 Finnish: munakoiso |
 French: aubergine |
 Hebrew: חָצִיל |
 Hindi: बैंगन |
 Croatian: plavi patlidžan |
 Hungarian: padlizsán |
 Indonesian: terong |
 Icelandic: eggaldin |
 Italian: melanzana |
 Japanese: なす |
 Korean: 가지 |
 Lithuanian: baklažanas |
 Latvian: baklažāns |
 Malay: terung |
 Dutch: aubergine |
 Norwegian: aubergine, eggplante |
 Polish: bakłażan |
 Persian: بادنجان |
 Pashto: باټينګن، بانجن (تور |
 Portuguese: berinjela |
 Romanian: (pătlăgea) vânătă |
 Russian: баклажан |
 Slovak: baklažán |
 Slovenian: jajčevec |
 Serbian: plavi patlidžan |
 Swedish: äggplanta, aubergine |
 Thai: มะเขือยาวสีม่วง |
 Turkish: patlıcan |
 Taiwanese: 茄子 |
 Ukrainian: баклажан |
 Urdu: بینگن |
 Vietnamese: quả cà |
 Chinese: 茄子 |
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