eggplant
Plural: eggplants
Noun
- A widely cultivated edible plant of the nightshade family.
- egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
- hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
- The plant Solanum melongena.
- The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
- A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
- A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
- A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall
Examples
- Playing ’EGGPLANT’ stretched across the Words With Friends board, covering multiple bonuses.
Origin / Etymology
From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety.
Synonyms
aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena, baigan, baingan, bangun, bhaigan, brown jolly, melongene
Scrabble Score: 12
eggplant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordeggplant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eggplant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary