Look up: egg-plant

1. egg-plant
   a member of the nightshade family,eggplant is related to the tomato and potato.Though commonly thought of as a vegetable,it is actually a fruit,specifically,a berry.There are many sizes and shapes,ranging in color from white to rich purple.There is much lore surrounding the eggplant.It probably got ...
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2. eggplant
   [n] - hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable 2. [n] - egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
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3. Eggplant
   Egg'plant` noun (Botany) 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.
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4. eggplant
   <botany> 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. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. eggplant
   aubergine noun egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
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6. eggplant
   aubergine noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
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7. Eggplant
   • (n.) 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.
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8. eggplant
   (Solanum melongena), tender perennial plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), closely related to the potato. Eggplant requires a warm climate ... [6 related articles]
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9. eggplant
   eggplant, name for Solanum melongena, a large-leaved woody perennial shrub (often grown as an annual herb) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), and also cultivated for its ovoid fruit. Native to SE Asia, the eggplant is raised in tropical and (as an annual) in warm climates as a garden vege...
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10. Eggplant
    Eggplant was the 19th century name, and is still used in America to describe the plant we now call the aubergine, Solanum melongena. It is an herbaceous plant of the family Solanaceae growing from 30 to 45 cm high with large white or purplish flowers. The fruit, a large pear-shaped purple fruit, is eaten.
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11. eggplant
    Another name for aubergine
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12. Eggplant
    aubergine (pronouced oh-ber-jeen)
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13. Eggplant
    The `eggplant`, `aubergine`, `melongene`, `brinjal`, `बेंगन in Hindi` or `guinea squash` (Solanum melongena) is a plant of the family Solanaceae (also known as the nightshades) and genus Solanum. It bears a fruit of the same name, commonly used in coo...
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14. Eggplant
    (color) `Eggplant` is a dark url = http://books.google.com/books?id=DjL6ByAcP6IC&pg=PA159&dq=eggplant+brownish-purple&as_brr=3&ei=drgfScWmLpDckATDyeXhDw#PPA159,M1 -->--> or brownish-purple<ref name=adams>--> color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggpl...
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