Lexic.us

Definition of Garden egg

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garden Egg

Literary usage of Garden egg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Get literature on school gardens, the home vegetable garden, egg marketing and poultry raising. Have a neighborhood spelling contest, making use of all ..."

2. How to Make Home and City Beautiful: Prepared to Help Those Interested in by Herbert Daniel Hemenway (1911)
"It is not a plant to grow in the School Garden. EGG PLANT. Egg Plants grow on bushes from twelve to eighteen inches high. The fruit is purple and should be ..."

3. How to Make Home and City Beautiful: Prepared to Help Those Interested in by Herbert Daniel Hemenway (1911)
"It is not a plant to grow in the School Garden. EGG PLANT. Egg Plants grow on bushes from twelve to eighteen inches high. The fruit is purple and should be ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"Vegetable-egg, and sometimes egg-plant, Is tho American name for the fruit known in England as the garden egg. Dress, the word almost universally used by ..."

5. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Get literature on school gardens, the home vegetable garden, egg marketing and poultry raising. Have a neighborhood spelling contest, making use of all ..."

6. How to Make Home and City Beautiful: Prepared to Help Those Interested in by Herbert Daniel Hemenway (1911)
"It is not a plant to grow in the School Garden. EGG PLANT. Egg Plants grow on bushes from twelve to eighteen inches high. The fruit is purple and should be ..."

7. How to Make Home and City Beautiful: Prepared to Help Those Interested in by Herbert Daniel Hemenway (1911)
"It is not a plant to grow in the School Garden. EGG PLANT. Egg Plants grow on bushes from twelve to eighteen inches high. The fruit is purple and should be ..."

8. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"Vegetable-egg, and sometimes egg-plant, Is tho American name for the fruit known in England as the garden egg. Dress, the word almost universally used by ..."

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