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noun

egg-plant, eggplant n.

(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.

Synonyms: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena.

The fruit of the eggplant 1.

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Etymology of 'Eggplant'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Eggplant" Quotes from Famous Books

... child from the cart. His face, neck, and hands were stringy and purplish—a cross between an eggplant and ...

— Our Next-Door Neighbors • Belle Kanaris Maniates

... an eggplant and cut it into six slices each half an inch thick. Put them into a dish and season with salt and pepper and pour over them one tablespoon of sweet oil. Mix well and arrange the slices of the eggplant on a broiler and broil on each ...

— Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus • Rufus Estes

... foods called somen, resembling our vermicelli, gozen, which is boiled rice, dango, a sort of tiny dumpling, eggplant, and fruits according to season—frequently uri and saikwa, slices of melon and watermelon, and plums and peaches. Often sweet cakes and dainties are added. Sometimes the offering is only O-sho-jin-gu (honourable uncooked food); ...

— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan - First Series • Lafcadio Hearn

... vegetables for their own use, and Hiram had followed her wishes. When the earth in the boxes had warmed up for several days he put in the long-germinating seeds, like tomato, onions, the salads, leek, celery, pepper, eggplant, and some beet seed to transplant for the early garden. It was too early yet to ...

— Hiram The Young Farmer • Burbank L. Todd

... of eggplant!" cried one old hen. "These eggs hatch at the end of three weeks—they don't sprout—and then we have a lovely family of soft downy chickies; little puff balls that we can cuddle under our wings ...

— Raggedy Ann Stories • Johnny Gruelle