Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eggplant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eggplant \Egg"plant`\, n. (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eggplant
n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark
purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: {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: {aubergine}, {brinjal}, {eggplant
bush}, {garden egg}, {mad apple}, {Solanum melongena}]
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