Eggplant Definition

ĕgplănt
eggplants
noun
eggplants
A perennial plant (Solanum melongena) of the nightshade family, with large, ovoid, usually purple-skinned fruits that are eaten as a vegetable.
Webster's New World
The fruit.
Webster's New World
A blackish purple.
American Heritage

(slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).

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Other Word Forms of Eggplant

Noun

Singular:
eggplant
Plural:
eggplants

Origin of Eggplant

  • From the appearance of the ovoid fruit, especially of varieties bearing white-skinned fruit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored variety.

    From Wiktionary

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