EGGPLANT


Meaning of EGGPLANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌplant ]

noun

Date: 1767

1.

a. : a widely cultivated perennial Asian herb ( Solanum melongena ) of the nightshade family yielding edible fruit

b. : the usually smooth ovoid typically blackish-purple or white fruit of the eggplant

2. : a dark grayish or blackish purple

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.