different between eggplant vs nightshade

English

Alternative forms

• egg-plant

Etymology

egg +? plant, originally applied only to the white-colored and egg-shaped variety.

Pronunciation

Noun

eggplant (countable and uncountable, plural eggplants)

1. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The plant Solanum melongena.
2. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.
3. (Canada, US) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.

4. (US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
5. (snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall

Synonyms

• (the plant or its fruit): aubergine (UK), brinjal (India), baingan (India), brown jolly (Caribbean, dated)
• (the fruit): melongene (Caribbean)

Derived terms

• Eggplant mosaic virus

Translations

References

• eggplant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English ny?tschade, ni?teschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihts?ada, corresponding to night +? shade. Compare German Nachtschatten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?t?e?d/

Noun

nightshade (plural nightshades)

1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
2. (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

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See also

• petit morel, petty morel