egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
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hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
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eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n. 1. (Bot.) A plant ({Solanum Melongena}), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a vegetable.
Ten years ago, a barber gave me seeds of a luscious white eggplant he got in Sicily.
Taking vital signs while wearing a clown nose or writing with a pen shaped like an eggplant can bring a smile to most people's faces, she said.
The report said products in the "loser" category _ meaning imports from the CBI countries declined _ included green beans, cucumbers, eggplant, frozen cauliflower and frozen okra.
May God enlighten them," she murmured, picking at a lunch of lentils and rice, fried cauliflower and eggplant and cabbage salad.
It has limited our food to next to nothing." She said she now has to serve bread and cheese for the midday meal in place of the usual eggplant and potatoes.
All five acres of one grower's eggplant crop were destroyed and another lost his small carrot crop.
White eggplant may be smaller than the regular purple varietles and as they mature they may turn yellow.
In previous field tests, the fungus in combination with a reduced amount of chemical fumigant reduced wilt disease in eggplant crops by as much as 75 percent.
Former Mayor Patrick R. Fiorilli, who organized annual dandelion and eggplant festivals in Vineland, died at his home Sunday at age 59.
Fall shades were also popular, with aubergine or eggplant and mustard the newest hues.