aubergine – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
aubergine
n.
plant of East Indian origin that bears an edible fruit; egg-shaped fruit of the eggplant that is eaten as a vegetable and is usually a dark purple color (British)
Eggplant
Eggplant (
Solanum melongena) or
aubergine is a
species of
nightshade grown for its edible fruit.
aubergine
Noun
1. hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
(synonym) eggplant, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) Solanum, genus Solanum
(part-meronym) eggplant, mad apple
2. egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
(synonym) eggplant, mad apple
(hypernym) solanaceous vegetable
(part-holonym) eggplant, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena
Aubergine (die)
nf.
eggplant, type of plant; dark purple color
aubergine
adj.
eggplant, dark purple color
aubergine
nf.
eggplant, aubergine
