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- [eg-plant, -plahnt]
- /ˈɛgˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt/
- /ˈeɡ.plɑːnt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [eg-plant, -plahnt]
- /ˈɛgˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt/
Definitions of eggplant word
- noun eggplant a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit. 1
- noun eggplant the fruit of this plant used as a table vegetable. 1
- noun eggplant a blackish purple color; aubergine. 1
- noun eggplant The large egg-shaped fruit of an Old World plant, eaten as a vegetable. Its skin is typically dark purple, but the skin of certain cultivated varieties is white or yellow. 1
- noun eggplant purple-skinned vegetable 1
- noun eggplant dark purple colour 1
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Origin of eggplant
First appearance:
before 1760 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; egg1 + plant
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Parts of speech for Eggplant
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
eggplant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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