Eggplant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]