eggplant

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egg·plant /ˈeɡplɑːnt $ -plænt/ noun [countable, uncountable] American English  DFa large vegetable with smooth purple skin 茄子 SYN British English aubergine →5 see picture at 见图 vegetable1

Examples from the Corpus

eggplant• Add eggplant to saucepan and saute in remaining oil until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes.• But eggplant is her game.• When it comes to cooking eggplant, that is always the question.• Remove eggplant with slotted utensil and set aside.• The purple-skinned eggplant is baked to almost a soft pudding.• Beyond that, I could see no correlation between the amount of seeds and the bitterness of the eggplant.• The eggplant on top was curled up.• When eggplant is done, remove to platter on top of herbs and brush tops with oil once more.

egg·plant nounChineseSyllable  

smooth with purple a vegetable skin large Corpus

eggplant
egg‧plant /ˈeɡplɑːnt $ -plænt/ noun [uncountable and countable] American English
a large vegetable with smooth purple skin
   SYN  aubergine British English

egg·plantBrE /ˈeɡplɑːnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeɡplænt/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE au·ber·gine) noun [countable, uncountable]

a vegetable with shiny dark purple skin and soft white flesh 茄子