eggplant
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- noun
- /ˈɛɡˌplænt/
- US
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berenjena
- Dino's eggplant parm is to die for.
- tomatoes and eggplants
- peppers and eggplants
- cucumbers and eggplants
So this is Akita stuffed with grilled eggplant, Tahiti, tons of veggies.
- So this is Akita stuffed with grilled eggplant, Tahiti, tons of veggies.
- Like I didn't grow up eating eggplant, so I can't eat eggplant now.
- They brought a cocktail of three phages, one of which they found on a rotting eggplant from South Africa.
- Dark and bright, there is this satin sash the color of sun warmed eggplant, still fetching on the vine.
- Yeah, little top secret, but I'm growing the jewel amethyst eggplant.
- Why isn't this tomatoes and eggplant and Peppers?
- And other than that, there's eggplants I'm not a fan of or Uber Sheens.
- Obviously you got laser flips, eggplants, bod burials, jealous husbands.
- Do you have a mango, an orange lettuce, maybe an eggplant, blueberries, right.
- I don't need eggplants, but growing an eggplant is like, what the fuck is this?
Examples
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So now every once in a while, I make eggplant parm, and the kids love it.
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Then we got some soup and now we're having the main course, which is eggplant Curry and fried sweet potatoes.
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And the white eggplant is really taking off pretty well.
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And I have eggplant with rice and nuts.
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So, what do you think of that stuffed eggplant I made on Friday?
Fiction book (1998) -
That is the spiciest eggplant I've ever had in my life.
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We walked along the patches, admiring tomato plants and eggplants that were growing fairly well.
Fiction book (1996) -
The current evidence indicates that phenolics in eggplants are good for people, but they may also impart a bitter taste.
Academic text (2004) -
I selected one consisting of eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes, and Gorgonzola on a thin crust.
Fiction book (1992) -
I added roasted eggplant to my pasta for a delicious twist on the recipe.
Synonyms
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A dark purple vegetable with smooth skin that you cook and eat
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A purple vegetable like an eggplant that you cook and eat
A plant that produces large glossy purple or white fruits called eggplant
A small round eggplant that people eat as a vegetable in West Africa
A short upright plant that grows large glossy purple eggplants used as a vegetable
A large purple vegetable with shiny skin that you cook and eat
Compounds
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A baked Italian dish of breaded fried eggplant layered with tomato sauce and melted cheese
A short upright plant that grows large glossy purple eggplants used as a vegetable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eggplant comes from early garden varieties whose fruit looked like white eggs, so people simply named it egg + plant. That's why the name still means the vegetable, even though many kinds are purple.