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Eggplant
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| egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow / A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg / the large egg-shaped fruit of an Old World plant, eaten as a vegetable. Its skin is typically dark purple, but the skin of certain cultivated varieties is white or yellow., | |
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| Usage | ⇒ 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. ⇒ this recipe calls for eggplants as well |
| Synonyms | aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, potato, tomato, cabbage, garden egg, mad apple, vegetable, Solanum melongena, bean, spud, artichoke, arugula, asparagus, aubergines, beans, beet, beetroot, bittersweet, |
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