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Definition of Melongene
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melongene
Literary usage of Melongene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1842)
"The purple ' melongene,' or egg-plant, grows to a large size. It is a superb
looking vegetable, and is usually fried in slices, or mashed. ..."
2. A Guide to the West Indies, Bermuda and Panama by Frederick Albion Ober (1920)
"Sugar Apple, Christophine, Cucumber, melongene, Tomato. October to December.—Golden
Apple, Belle Apple, Citron, Grape-fruit, Shaddock, Forbidden Fruit, ..."
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