eggplant

egg·plant

E0054700 (ĕg′plănt′)n.1. a. A plant (Solanum melongena) native to India, cultivated for its edible, glossy, usually ovoid fruits that are chiefly purple but can be white, yellow, or green.b. A fruit of this plant. Also called aubergine.2. A blackish purple.

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[From the appearance of the ovoid fruit, especially of varieties bearing white-skinned fruit.]

eggplant

(ˈɛɡˌplɑːnt) n1. (Plants) a tropical Old World solanaceous plant, Solanum melongena, widely cultivated for its egg-shaped typically dark purple fruit2. (Plants) the fruit of this plant, which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable Also called: aubergine

egg•plant

(ˈɛgˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt)

n. 1. a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, usu. dark-purple fruit. 2. the fruit of this plant used as a vegetable. 3. a blackish purple color; aubergine. [1760–70]

eggplant

The large, egg-shaped dark purple fruit of the eggplant.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eggplant - egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellowaubergine, mad applesolanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersiconeggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant - hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
	2.	eggplant - hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetableaubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongenaeggplant, mad apple, aubergine - egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellowherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Solanum, Solanum - type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet

Translations

茄子

egg¹

(eg) noun1. an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched. The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest. 蛋，卵 蛋，卵 2. such an object laid by a hen, used as food. Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs? 食用蛋(如雞蛋) 鸡蛋3. in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum. The egg is fertilized by the male sperm. 卵細胞 卵细胞，卵子 ˈegg-cup noun a small cup-shaped container for holding a boiled egg while it is being eaten. 蛋杯 蛋杯ˈeggplant noun a dark purple fruit used as a vegetable. 茄子 茄子ˈeggshell noun the fragile covering of an egg. 蛋殼 蛋壳put all one's eggs in one basket to depend entirely on the success of one scheme, plan etc. You should apply for more than one job – don't put all your eggs in one basket. 孤注一擲 孤注一掷teach one's grandmother to suck eggs to try to show someone more experienced than oneself how to do something. 班門弄斧 班门弄斧

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