From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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