† verangenen.
Obsolete. rare.
= brinjal n.
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mad-apple1578
rage apple1578
raging apple1578
raging love apple1578
verangene1587
brinjal1611
brown jolly1756
melinzane1775
melongena1785
melongene1793
aubergine1796
vegetable egg1797
egg-fruit1811
Jew's apple1838
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xix. 208/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The nobilitie..adventure further vpon such [fruits] as are verie dangerous and hurtfull, as the verangenes, mushroms, &c.
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