aubergine

n. plant of East Indian origin that bears an edible fruit; egg-shaped fruit of the eggplant that is eaten as a vegetable and is usually a dark purple color (British)

The eggplant, aubergine or brinjal (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 as a vegetable in cooking. As a night-shade, it is closely related to the tomato and potato and is native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is a short-lived perennial plant often cultivated as an annual. It grows 40 to 150 cm (16 to 57 in) tall, with large coarsely lobed leaves that are 10 to 20 cm (4-8 in) long and 5 to 10 cm (2-4 in) broad. The stem is often spiny. The flowers are white to purple, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens. The fruit is fleshy, less than 3 cm in diameter on wild plants, but much larger in cultivated forms. (Semi-)wild types can grow much larger, to 225 cm (7 ft) with large leaves over 30 cm (12 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) broad. The fruit contains numerous small, soft seeds which are edible.
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Noun
1. hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
(synonym) eggplant, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) Solanum, genus Solanum
(part-meronym) eggplant, mad apple
2. egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
(synonym) eggplant, mad apple
(hypernym) solanaceous vegetable
(part-holonym) eggplant, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena

n. eggplant, type of plant; dark purple color

adj. eggplant, dark purple color

n. eggplant, aubergine