Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as egg-plant.
Wiktionary
- n. botany, obsolete eggplant
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) The eggplant bush (Solanum melongena). See eggplant.
- n. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.
WordNet 3.0
- n. hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
- n. egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
Etymologies
- Because it was once thought to cause various diseases. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I have now a picture of a mad-apple and a parsnip, and then to hang with that a slice of pumpkin and a piece of Brie cheese.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mad-apple’.
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Flora
Flowers and plants have some of the most beautiful names.
These are often the common names, as opposed to the scientific or botanical names.daffodil, gardenia, tulip, snapdragon, violet, orchid, bleeding heart, daisy, lily, lilac, narcissus, rose and 278 more...
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iRosaceae
An ode to apples. I am much indebted to 'Wild Apples' which, though probably not likely to change your life and improve your productivity at the sausage factory, will enthrall you with half an hou...
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