eggplant

2 definitions found

eggplant - 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]

eggplant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  eggplant
      n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark
           purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: eggplant,
           aubergine, mad apple]
      2: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely
         cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as
         a vegetable [syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal,
         eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum   melongena
         ]