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aubergine

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aubergine

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Main Entry: au·ber·gine

Pronunciation: \ˈō-bər-ˌzhēn\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic al-bādhinjān the eggplant, ultimately from Middle Indo-Aryan *vātiñjaṇa-, vātiṅgaṇa-

Date: 1794

1 chiefly British : eggplant 1
2 : eggplant 2

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