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ˈmad-apple
[A translation of mod.L. mālum insānum, a corruption of the oriental word which appears variously as melongena, badingan, brinjal. Also called raging (love) apple: see raging ppl. a. 2.]
The fruit of the egg-plant.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. liv. 274 Madde or raging Apples. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 82/2 An Assirian Made Apple. The pod is whitish green, and the cup jagged [etc.]. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. 318 Mad Apple, Solanum. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. (1794) 202 Mad-Apple is also of this genus. 1864Grisebach Flora W. Ind. 785 Mad-apple, Solanum Melongena. |