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mad apple

noun

1. 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, ↑Solanum melongena

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum

• Part Meronyms: ↑eggplant, ↑aubergine

2. egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

• Syn: ↑eggplant, ↑aubergine

• Hypernyms: ↑solanaceous vegetable

• Part Holonyms: ↑eggplant, ↑aubergine, ↑brinjal, ↑eggplant bush, ↑garden egg, ↑Solanum melongena

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noun

1. : eggplant

2. : thorn apple 2

3. : dead sea apple

Useful english dictionary. 2012.