Found 2 items, similar to Solanum melongena.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Solanum melongena
Solanum melongena
n : hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely
cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly
used as a vegetable [syn:
eggplant,
aubergine,
brinjal,
eggplant bush,
garden egg,
mad apple]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Solanum melongena
Mad-apple
\Mad"-ap`ple\, Mad apple
\Mad" ap`ple\, n.
1. (Bot.) The eggplant bush (
Solanum melongena). See
Eggplant.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
Solanum melongena.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped
vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but
occasionally white or yellow.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine.
[WordNet 1.5]
Mad-apple
\Mad"-ap`ple\, Mad apple
\Mad" ap`ple\, n.
1. (Bot.) The eggplant bush (
Solanum melongena). See
Eggplant.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
Solanum melongena.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped
vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but
occasionally white or yellow.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine.
[WordNet 1.5]
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].
[PJC]