Eggplant

//ˈɛɡ.plænt// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine. Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable

    "Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”"

  2. 2
    egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow wordnet
  3. 3
    A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit. Canada, US, 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 black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans. US, countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable

    "Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant."

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  1. 6
    A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety.

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