eggplant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eggplant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for eggplant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eggplant n egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow Synonym(s): eggplant, aubergine, mad apple 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.