aubergine

au·ber·gine

A0514400 (ō′bĕr-zhēn′, ō′bər-jēn)n. See eggplant.

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[French, from Catalan albergínia, albergina, from Arabic al-bāḏinjān, the eggplant, from Persian bādenjān, bādengān, from a Middle Indic source akin to Pali vātiṅgaṇa, and Sanskrit bhaṇṭākī, ultimately of non-Indo-European origin; akin to Tamil vaḷutalai, vaḷutuṇai .]

aubergine

(ˈəʊbəˌʒiːn) n1. (Plants) a tropical Old World solanaceous plant, Solanum melongena, widely cultivated for its egg-shaped typically dark purple fruit. US, Canadian, and Australian name: eggplant 2. (Plants) the fruit of this plant, which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable3. (Colours) a. a dark purple colourb. (as adjective): an aubergine dress. [C18: from French, from Catalan alberginia, from Arabic al-bādindjān, ultimately from Sanskrit vatin-ganah, of obscure origin]

au•ber•gine

(ˈoʊ bərˌʒin, -ˌdʒin, ˈoʊ bɛr-)

n. 1. Chiefly Brit. eggplant. 2. a dark purplish color. [1785–95; < French < Catalan albargínia]

aubergine

eggplant

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aubergine - hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetableeggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena, brinjal, eggplanteggplant, mad apple, aubergine - egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellowherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Solanum, Solanum - type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
	2.	aubergine - egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yelloweggplant, mad applesolanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersiconeggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant - hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

Translations

茄子

aubergine

(ˈoubəʒiːn) noun eggplant; a purple vegetable. 茄子 茄子

aubergine

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