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eggplant
[ eg-plant, -plahnt ]
noun
- a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- the fruit of this plant used as a table vegetable.
- a blackish purple color; aubergine.
eggplant
/ ˈɛɡˌɑːԳ /
noun
- a tropical Old World solanaceous plant, Solanum melongena, widely cultivated for its egg-shaped typically dark purple fruit
- the fruit of this plant, which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable
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As each participant read their texts aloud as they typed, Hesgeth threw in a mix of war plans, gifs and eggplant emojis.
The tomatoes were great this year — the cherry tomatoes were unbelievable — and we had great eggplants, bell peppers and jalapeño peppers.
The tomatoes were great this year — the cherry tomatoes were unbelievable — and we had great eggplants, bell peppers and jalapeno peppers.
I used mine to cut a bouquet outside, deftly harvest some green beans, lemons and eggplants, and even cut finger-sized branches with ease.
The team experimented first with adding visual cues like googly eyes on irregular-looking eggplants, showing study participants pictures of normal or abnormal eggplants, either with or without googly eyes.
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