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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow;
[syn: eggplant, 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: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

eggplant n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: eggplant, 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: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena]