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Definition of Mad apple

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mad Apple

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Literary usage of Mad apple

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

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"mad apple with an oblong violet colour'd Fruit. 2. ... Mad- apple, with a round Fruit, and vio- let-colour'd Prickles. ..."

2. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"Egg-plant, mad-apple. ... Having the colour of a mad-apple. BEP.ESC. ... Blow given with a mad- apple [linm /. ..."

3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"Тонга. Mad-Apple, with they will make but a very indifferent ... Mad-Apple, with an oblong white Fruit. an oblong Violet-colour'd Fruit. j. ..."

4. Portugal, Old and New by Oswald Crawfurd (1880)
"This shrub, unless I am mistaken, is the common mad-apple of the East Indies,1 but ... one of lowly 1 ' The mad-apple of the East Indies,' Solanum insanum. ..."

5. Portugal, Old and New by Oswald Crawfurd (1880)
"This shrub, unless I am mistaken, is the common mad-apple of the East Indies,1 but the most striking plant was a free-flowering one of lowly 1 ' The ..."

6. Catalogue of the Vegetable Productions of the Presidency of Bombay by George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1865)
"The true Mad- Apple however is £. insanum, called, according to Dr. Wilson, Aneb-edh- dhib, or Grape of the Wolf, by the Arabs. Dr Robinson (Lands of the ..."

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