aubergine

Meaning

Noun

• An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit.
• The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
• A dark purple colour; eggplant.

Related

Similar words

• See the list at eggplant.

Origin

• Borrowed from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic باذنجان, from Persian بادنجان, from باتنجان, from Sanskrit वातिगगम. brinjal.