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brinjal

British  
/ ˈbrɪndʒəl /

noun

  1. (in India and Africa) another name for aubergine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of brinjal

C17: from Portuguese berinjela , from Arabic; see aubergine

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India’s government seems to be treading much more cautiously on commercial cultivation of transgenic crops than on field trials — although farmers in neighbouring Bangladesh began cultivating GM brinjal last year.

From Nature May 11, 2015

"The amount of pesticides sprayed on brinjal, cauliflower and cabbage is amazing—frightening," says P. Ananda Kumar, director of the Institute of Biotechnology at Acharya N.G.

From Scientific American Sep. 3, 2013

He proudly shows us around the fields, where they grow rice, brinjal, gongura, onions, kohlrabi.

From The Guardian Mar. 27, 2010

But with BT brinjal now on hold indefinitely, it is unlikely that GM crops would find their way to dinner plates in India any time soon.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2010

It is like the brinjal of the East.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

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