aubergine

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au‧ber‧gine/ˈəʊbəʒiːn $ ˈoʊbər-/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] British English
[date : 1800-1900; Origin : aubergine 'eggplant' (18-21 centuries), from French, from Catalan alberginia, from Arabic al-badhinjan 'the eggplant', from Persian badingan]

a large dark purple vegetable SYN eggplant American English

noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And hazelnut stuffed aubergines, mozzarella cheese, parmesan, the tiniest button mushrooms she could find.
▪ Chop the red pepper and mushrooms and arrange on the aubergines.
▪ Drain the aubergines, rinse in cold water and dry on kitchen paper.
▪ Fry the aubergine slices in the remaining oil until golden, then drain on kitchen paper. 5.
▪ It turned out to be the food market, where they sold swollen watermelons and aubergines and strange shaped fruits.
▪ Numbers and music shared of course the same patterns of elegance, even when the figures exalted only aubergines.
▪ Spoon the sauce over the aubergines and bake for 40 minutes until browned on top.
▪ Then stir in the chopped reserved aubergine flesh and the pistachios.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  eggplant, mad apple, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, Solanum melongena