单词 | garden egg |
释义 | > as lemmasgarden egg garden egg n. Brit. /ˌɡɑːdn ˈɛɡ/ , U.S. /ˌɡɑrd(ə)n ˈɛɡ/ , Caribbean English /ˌɡaː(r)dn ˈɛɡ/ , West African English /ˌɡaden ˈɛɡ/ Jamaican and West African the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena; cf. vegetable egg n. 2.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > aubergine love apple1578 brinjal1611 brown jolly1756 melongene1793 aubergine1796 egg-fruit1811 garden egg1811 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > aubergine > egg-plant eggplant1767 melongena1785 garden egg1811 Jew's apple1838 1811–12 W. J. Titford Sketches Hortus Botanicus Americanus p. xiii Garden Egg. (Solanum Melongena.) Cut in slices, parboiled and fried, resembles fried eggs. 1895 Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica 2 134 Strictly speaking Garden Eggs, Tomatoes, Melons, Cucumbers, etc., are fruits, but they are usually cultivated, and classed among vegetable crops. 1964 E. Huxley Back Street New Worlds xiv. 141 The Shepherd's Bush market has a shop devoted wholly to West African foods..like..garden eggs and fou-fou. 2005 Kingston (Jamaica) Gleaner 2 June c3 (caption) Baked chicken garnished with carrot, cucumber and garden egg. < as lemmas |
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