eggplant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
    aubergine; mad apple.
  2. noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
    aubergine; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; brinjal; mad apple; garden egg.

WordNet


Egg"plant` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.

Webster 1913