Definition of eggplant in English:
eggplant
nounˈɛɡplɑːntˈɛɡˌplænt
1The purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable; an aubergine.
- Locally produced vegetables, including eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, and greens, are sold in outdoor markets.
- Arabic cookery manuscripts from Spain show several variations on the theme of fried eggplant with stewed meat.
- Tender carrots marinated in cinnamon, roasted beets in vinaigrette, and fried eggplant are all good.
- At a good Chinese restaurant, eggplant in garlic sauce is an amazing experience.
- Gina genuinely prefers her own roasted eggplant to any other she has tasted.
- The stuffed eggplant was slightly undercooked, but the flavours of cheese and herbs were delightful.
- It's full of the sunny flavors of summer - tomatoes, eggplant and fresh basil - and reminds me of the fun I had shopping for them at my favorite outdoor store.
- There were only three people, but we devoured the stuffed eggplant, and even had room for dessert.
- Pierce the eggplants in several places, and bake them on a rimmed baking sheet until they are soft and their skins have shriveled, 20-30 minutes, depending on their size.
- There's an agreeably balanced salad of grilled eggplant, tomato, spinach, and chèvre.
- A typical meal consists of rice, dal, and vegetable curry using eggplant, spinach, and seasonal vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbages, or peas.
- Fingers of deliciously charred portobello mushrooms set off the eggplant's naturally smoky flavour, while a simple tomato coulis keeps things light.
- Dip vegetables such as eggplant, fennel, peppers, and even big portobello mushrooms in oil-enriched egg whites, then in seasoned crumbs, and bake in the oven until crusty.
- Some enjoy eggplant cooked and served with other vegetables as part of a medley.
- Try to cook an eggplant soon after you buy it.
- I had tofu lasagna, and Tara had a fantastic stuffed eggplant.
- He also encourages them to employ Mediterranean ingredients like rosemary, garlic, tomatoes and eggplant to bring out the fruit flavors of red wines.
- Try any combination of marinated vegetables such as sliced sweet peppers, snow peas, mushrooms, onion, eggplant, fennel, tomatoes and zucchini.
- Add the eggplant, onion, and tomatoes and sauté until golden brown, about three minutes.
- I don't know about you, but I love grilled eggplant.
- 1.1mass noun A dark purple colour like the skin of an aubergine.
- I can also buy a taupe colored cashmere chair slipcover… if I use aubergine to dye that, will the color come out as dark purple, plum, or eggplant?
- I think one wall painted in eggplant would be striking, especially if balanced with white or cream.
- I hope this won't mean that in the future when I listen to the show I'll think about housepainting… or maybe just see the color eggplant in my mind's eye.
- I was, however, worried about the imminent explosion of his head, as he had successively grown redder in the face, ending the opera in the astounding color of eggplant.
- In color, the dirty trend will continue with green, rust and brown-casted overdyed colors coming on strong, Curtin adds, with eggplant emerging as a hot trend.
2The large plant of the nightshade family which bears aubergines.
Solanum melongena, family Solanaceae
- It causes wilt on more than 160 different kinds of plants, including strawberries, eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, stone fruits, and peppers.
- Heat-loving crops such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, sweet potatoes, okra and New Zealand spinach will continue to produce until frost.
- Some of them also work on mite or thrips outbreaks on roses, strawberries, fruit trees, cucurbits, eggplant and other garden plants.
- There are 18 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, fennel, cipollini onions, eggplant, peppers, several pear trees and a couple apple trees, too.
- Start seeds of vegetables like onion, leek, pepper, eggplant and tomato now.
- Follow in mid-February with the main-crop brassicas: peppers, eggplants, lettuce, celery, leeks and a few early tomatoes.
- Look for varieties of peppers, eggplant, and okra that are resistant to wilts and other diseases.
- Other plants, such as eggplant, peppers and potatoes, can develop this virus.
- It's not too late to set out plants of cucumber, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, and squash.
- It's not too late to plant more bush beans, summer squash, melons, peppers, eggplants, marigolds, zinnias, gomphrena, rudbeckia, coleus and caladiums.
Definition of eggplant in US English:
eggplant
nounˈeɡˌplantˈɛɡˌplænt
North American 1The purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable.
British term aubergine- A typical meal consists of rice, dal, and vegetable curry using eggplant, spinach, and seasonal vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbages, or peas.
- Try to cook an eggplant soon after you buy it.
- Dip vegetables such as eggplant, fennel, peppers, and even big portobello mushrooms in oil-enriched egg whites, then in seasoned crumbs, and bake in the oven until crusty.
- I had tofu lasagna, and Tara had a fantastic stuffed eggplant.
- I don't know about you, but I love grilled eggplant.
- Try any combination of marinated vegetables such as sliced sweet peppers, snow peas, mushrooms, onion, eggplant, fennel, tomatoes and zucchini.
- Fingers of deliciously charred portobello mushrooms set off the eggplant's naturally smoky flavour, while a simple tomato coulis keeps things light.
- Tender carrots marinated in cinnamon, roasted beets in vinaigrette, and fried eggplant are all good.
- Locally produced vegetables, including eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, and greens, are sold in outdoor markets.
- Some enjoy eggplant cooked and served with other vegetables as part of a medley.
- At a good Chinese restaurant, eggplant in garlic sauce is an amazing experience.
- There were only three people, but we devoured the stuffed eggplant, and even had room for dessert.
- Arabic cookery manuscripts from Spain show several variations on the theme of fried eggplant with stewed meat.
- There's an agreeably balanced salad of grilled eggplant, tomato, spinach, and chèvre.
- Pierce the eggplants in several places, and bake them on a rimmed baking sheet until they are soft and their skins have shriveled, 20-30 minutes, depending on their size.
- Gina genuinely prefers her own roasted eggplant to any other she has tasted.
- It's full of the sunny flavors of summer - tomatoes, eggplant and fresh basil - and reminds me of the fun I had shopping for them at my favorite outdoor store.
- He also encourages them to employ Mediterranean ingredients like rosemary, garlic, tomatoes and eggplant to bring out the fruit flavors of red wines.
- Add the eggplant, onion, and tomatoes and sauté until golden brown, about three minutes.
- The stuffed eggplant was slightly undercooked, but the flavours of cheese and herbs were delightful.
- 1.1 A dark purple color like the skin of an eggplant.
- I think one wall painted in eggplant would be striking, especially if balanced with white or cream.
- In color, the dirty trend will continue with green, rust and brown-casted overdyed colors coming on strong, Curtin adds, with eggplant emerging as a hot trend.
- I can also buy a taupe colored cashmere chair slipcover… if I use aubergine to dye that, will the color come out as dark purple, plum, or eggplant?
- I was, however, worried about the imminent explosion of his head, as he had successively grown redder in the face, ending the opera in the astounding color of eggplant.
- I hope this won't mean that in the future when I listen to the show I'll think about housepainting… or maybe just see the color eggplant in my mind's eye.
2The large plant of the nightshade family that bears the eggplant fruit.
Solanum melongena, family Solanaceae
- It's not too late to plant more bush beans, summer squash, melons, peppers, eggplants, marigolds, zinnias, gomphrena, rudbeckia, coleus and caladiums.
- There are 18 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, fennel, cipollini onions, eggplant, peppers, several pear trees and a couple apple trees, too.
- It causes wilt on more than 160 different kinds of plants, including strawberries, eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, stone fruits, and peppers.
- Look for varieties of peppers, eggplant, and okra that are resistant to wilts and other diseases.
- It's not too late to set out plants of cucumber, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, and squash.
- Heat-loving crops such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, sweet potatoes, okra and New Zealand spinach will continue to produce until frost.
- Other plants, such as eggplant, peppers and potatoes, can develop this virus.
- Start seeds of vegetables like onion, leek, pepper, eggplant and tomato now.
- Follow in mid-February with the main-crop brassicas: peppers, eggplants, lettuce, celery, leeks and a few early tomatoes.
- Some of them also work on mite or thrips outbreaks on roses, strawberries, fruit trees, cucurbits, eggplant and other garden plants.