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egg⋅plant

  [eg-plant, -plahnt]
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–noun
1. a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
2. the fruit of this plant used as a table vegetable.
3. a blackish purple color; aubergine.
Origin:
1760–70; egg 1 + plant
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egg·plant   (ěg'plānt')   
n.  

    1. An Indian plant (Solanum melongena var. esculenta) cultivated for its large edible, ovoid, glossy, usually purple-skinned fruit.

    2. The fruit of this plant. Also called aubergine, melongene.

  2. A blackish purple.

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