eggplant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

eggplant
    n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark
         purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: {eggplant},
         {aubergine}, {mad apple}]
    2: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely
       cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as
       a vegetable [syn: {eggplant}, {aubergine}, {brinjal},
       {eggplant bush}, {garden egg}, {mad apple}, {Solanum
       melongena}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n.
   1. (Bot.) A plant ({Solanum Melongena}), of East Indian
      origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy,
      edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It
      is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a
      vegetable.

   Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
        mad apple, {Solanum melongena}.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   2. The fruit of the {eggplant[1]}.
      [PJC]