aubergine

Meaning

1. An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
2. The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
3. A dark purple colour; eggplant.

Synonyms

eggplant

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brinjal

mad apple

garden egg

eggfruit

eggplant bush

eggplant

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egg-plant

Solanum melongena

guinea squash

brown jolly

melongene

kinds of

egg-fruit

branch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈoʊbɚʒin/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân), from باتنجان (bâtenjân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātigagama, “the plant that cures the wind”), cognate with Malayalam വഴുതന (vaḻutana). Doublet of brinjal.