eggplant

UK: /ˈɛgplɑːnt/ US: /ˈɛgˌplænt/ ,(eg′plant′, -plänt′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

egg•plant /ˈɛgˌplænt/   n. 

1. Plant Biology [countable] a plant grown for its edible, usually dark-purple fruit.
2. Plant Biology, Food [uncountable] the fruit of this plant used as a vegetable.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

egg•plant  (eg′plant′, -plänt′), n. 

1. Plant Biology a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
2. Plant Biology, Food the fruit of this plant used as a table vegetable.
3. a blackish purple color;
   aubergine.

• egg¹ + plant 1760–70

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eggplant / ˈɛɡˌplɑːnt/ noun

1. a tropical Old World solanaceous plant, Solanum melongena, widely cultivated for its egg-shaped typically dark purple fruit
2. the fruit of this plant, which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable

Also called: aubergine