Eggplant is a spherical, cylindrical, or egg-shaped vegetable with a shiny purple, purple-green, or purple-white skin.

Name origins

Fascinating story. Go hunt it down and get footnotes.

Has language-specific term: Gajikr-ro
Also known as:
Amharic: bederganbederjan
Bulgarian: begun
Chinese: 茄子
Chinese (Romanized): qiézi
English: egg plantauberginemelongenebrinjalmelanzane
French: aubergine
German: aubergine
Hindi: bhainganbaignabaingan
Italian: melanzana
Portuguese: beringela
Spanish: beringela
Tamil: kathirikaikatharikkai
Wikidata ID: Q7540
Wikipedia title: Eggplant
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