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Aubergine

//ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant. British, Ireland, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow wordnet
  3. 3
    The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. British, Ireland, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable wordnet
  5. 5
    A dark purple colour; eggplant. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal.

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