| Mad apple | n. 1. (Bot.) The eggplant bush (Solanum melongena). See Eggplant. Syn. -- eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, Solanum melongena. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ] 2. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow. Syn. -- eggplant, aubergine. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: Mad-apple |
| may apple | n. 1. North American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) with poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called also wild mandrake. Syn. -- May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. The fruit of the mayapple{ 1 }. [ PJC ] Variants: mayapple |