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egg-plant (gcide) | eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n.
1. (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian
origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy,
edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It
is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a
vegetable.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
mad apple, Solanum melongena.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. The fruit of the eggplant[1].
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
eggplant (gcide) | eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n.
1. (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian
origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy,
edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It
is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a
vegetable.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
mad apple, Solanum melongena.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. The fruit of the eggplant[1].
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