eggplant
noun
a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
eggplants
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pluralof eggplant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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"It could see that I had tomatoes out, some cucumbers and eggplants laid out on the floor," Yuriy said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I used mine to cut a bouquet outside, deftly harvest some green beans, lemons and eggplants, and even cut finger-sized branches with ease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
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.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024
These discoveries are helping scientists to better understand the resilience and evolutionary story of Solanaceae, or nightshades, a sprawling family of plants that includes tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, peppers, tobacco and petunias.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
“I thought the eggplants was fine,” Mr. Robichaux said.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
