Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The egg-plant, Solanum Melongena.
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Examples
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How I got hooked to baingan/eggplant/brinjal/aubergine and all the brothers, sisters and relatives belonging to the family of Solanum melongena?
How i got hooked to..... bhags 2008
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How I got hooked to baingan/eggplant/brinjal/aubergine and all the brothers, sisters and relatives belonging to the family of Solanum melongena?
Archive 2008-05-01 bhags 2008
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The last popular edible Solanaceae is Solanum melongena, aka Egg Plant, Brinjal, and Aubergine.
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The last popular edible Solanaceae is Solanum melongena, aka Egg Plant, Brinjal, and Aubergine.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Pests - root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are common but seldom of economic importance except when cassava is intercropped with good hosts for the nematode, eg egg plant (Solanum melongena) or Hibiscus sabdariffa.
Chapter 11 1987
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_ The Baingan, baigan, begun, or bhântâ is the _Solanum melongena, _ _i. e_. the egg-plant, or
Tales of the Punjab Flora Annie Steel 1888
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The fruit of the trong (melongena), of which the egg-plant is one species, is much eaten by the natives, split and fried.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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What is more, a variety of brinjal itself (Solanum melongena) is on the verge of extinction.
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Eggplant, Solanum melongena, is native to tropical Asia, with China as usual claiming the original, although a good case could be made for India, where it is known as brinjal, a word that derives from Sanskrit.
The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper By Shirley Barker 2010
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Eggplant, Solanum melongena, is native to tropical Asia, with China as usual claiming the original, although a good case could be made for India, where it is known as brinjal, a word that derives from Sanskrit.
The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper By Shirley Barker, Special to the Planet 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word melongena
eggplant, hm.
September 11, 2016