garden egg

garden egg
noun
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum
Part Meronyms: ↑eggplant, ↑aubergine, ↑mad apple

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noun

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garden egg UK US noun [countable/uncountable] [singular garden egg plural garden eggs] west african
an aubergine
Thesaurus: vegetableshyponym types of vegetablehypernym

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garden egg,
the fruit of an eggplant.

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ˈgarden egg 7 [garden egg] noun countable, uncountable (WAfrE)
a type of ↑aubergine with purple, white or greenish-yellow skin

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