Solanum melongena : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Solanum melongena	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Solanum melongena
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Solanum melongena n hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable Synonym(s): eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eggplant \Egg"plant`\, n. (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.