brinjal
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of brinjal
C17: from Portuguese berinjela , from Arabic; see aubergine
Example Sentences
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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
Wild brinjal cousins are already far hardier than the eggplants farmers grow to eat.
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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