egg-plant

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egg-plant - 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]