BRINJAL

eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena

(noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

brinjal (plural brinjals)

(India, Malaysia, Pakistan) An aubergine or eggplant.

Synonyms

• See the list at eggplant.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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