| 单词 |
egg-plant |
| 释义 |
ˈegg-plant A popular name for the Solanum esculentum, originally given to the white-fruited variety, but afterwards extended to that which bears the purple fruit or Aubergine.
1767J. Abercrombie Ev. Man own Gard. (1803) 102 The choicest kinds [of tender annuals] are the double balsams..ice-plant, egg-plant, etc. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. 202 When this [its fruit] is white it has the name of Egg-Plant. 1847Mrs. Sherwood Life xv. 273 Soup made of a glutinous vegetable, and the egg-plant roasted before the fire. 1861Delamer Kitch. Gard. 125 There is the purple-fruited egg-plant, and the white-fruited egg-plant. |

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