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		Noun: eggplant  'eg`plant Usage: N. Amer, Austral, NZ (=aubergine)
 - Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
  - aubergine [UK], mad apple  - Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
  - aubergine [UK], brinjal [S.Africa, Asia], eggplant bush [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], garden egg [N. Amer], mad apple, Solanum melongena 
 Derived forms: eggplants Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, solanaceous vegetable Part of: genus Solanum, Solanum Encyclopedia: Eggplant  |