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noun egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
originFrom egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0