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).
Wiktionary 
Synonyms: 
  - garden egg
 - eggplant bush
 - brinjal
 - mad-apple
 - aubergine
 - solanum-melongena
 
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