Eggplant
Eggplant (US), aubergine (UK), or brinjal (South Asia and South Africa) is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae, Solanum melongena, grown for its often purple edible fruit.
The spongy, absorbent fruit of the plant is widely used in cooking in many different cuisines, and is often considered a vegetable, even though it is a berry by botanical definition. As a member of the genus Solanum, it is related to the tomato and the potato. Like the tomato, its skin and seeds can be eaten, but, like the potato, it is not advisable to eat it raw. Eggplant is nutritionally low in macronutrient and micronutrient content, but the capability of the fruit to absorb oils and flavors into its flesh through cooking expands its use in the culinary arts.
It was originally domesticated from the wild nightshade species thorn or bitter apple, S. incanum, probably with two independent domestications: one in South Asia, and one in East Asia.
Aubergine (noun)
an Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit
Aubergine (noun)
the fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
Aubergine (noun)
a dark purple colour; eggplant.
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Eggplant (noun)
The plant Solanum melongena.
Eggplant (noun)
The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
Eggplant (noun)
A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
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Eggplant (noun)
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Aubergine (noun)
the purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable.
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Aubergine (noun)
a dark purple colour like the skin of an aubergine.
Aubergine (noun)
the large plant of the nightshade family which bears aubergines.
Eggplant (noun)
the purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable; an aubergine.
Eggplant (noun)
a dark purple colour like the skin of an aubergine.
Eggplant (noun)
the large plant of the nightshade family which bears aubergines.