EGGPLANT

eggplant, aubergine, mad apple

(noun) egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

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

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Etymology

Noun

eggplant (countable and uncountable, plural eggplants) (North America, Australia, New Zealand)

(North America, Australia, New Zealand) The plant Solanum melongena.

(North America, Australia, New Zealand) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.

(North America) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.

(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).

(snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall

Synonyms

• (the plant or its fruit): aubergine (UK), brinjal (India), baingan (India), brown jolly (Caribbean)

• (the fruit): melongene (Caribbean)

Source: Wiktionary

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Egg"plant`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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