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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

eggplant

/ĕg'-plăntˌ/ · egg·plant · IPA /ˈɛɡ.plænt/
01 n. A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like a…
  1. 1.
    A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a vegetable.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    The fruit of the eggplant{1}. See: eggplant{1}
Syn. eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena.