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Definition of Eggplant

1. Noun. Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.

2. Noun. Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable.

Definition of Eggplant

1. n. 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.

Definition of Eggplant

1. Noun. ''Solanum melongena'' ¹

2. Noun. Aubergine, the edible fruit of the ''Solanum melongena''. ¹

3. Noun. A dark purple color. ¹

4. Noun. (slang derogatory offensive) A black person (context: used mainly by Italian-Americans). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eggplant

1. a perennial herb yielding edible fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Eggplant

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eggplant

eggily egginess egging egging on eggings eggler egglers eggless egglessness eggletonite

egglike eggnog eggnogs eggplant (current term) eggplant bush eggplants eggroll eggrolls eggs eggs Benedict

eggs on eggsalad eggsalads eggshake eggshaped eggshell eggshell blue eggshell calcification

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