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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n. 1. (Bot.) 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. Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. The fruit of the eggplant[1]. [PJC] | ||
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