aubergine
noun/ˈəʊbəʒiːn/
/ˈəʊbərʒiːn/
(British English) (North American English eggplant)
[countable, uncountable]- a vegetable with shiny dark purple skin that is soft and white insideTopics Foodc1Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Catalan alberginia, from Arabic al-bād̲injān (based on Persian bādingān, from Sanskrit vātiṃgaṇa).
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