noun
hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
• Syn: ↑eggplant, ↑aubergine, ↑brinjal, ↑garden egg, ↑mad apple, ↑Solanum melongena
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.