eggplant.
The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
Meaning & usage
The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans.
A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.
Where this word comes from
From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety. Compare Dutch and Afrikaans eierplant (“eggplant”), German Eierpflanze (“eggplant”), Swedish äggplanta (“eggplant”). Compare also Afrikaans eiervrug (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”), Icelandic eggaldin (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”).
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