eggplant

noun

egg·​plant ˈeg-ˌplant 

ˈāg-

1

a

: a widely cultivated perennial Asian herb (Solanum melongena) of the nightshade family yielding edible fruit

b

: the usually smooth ovoid typically blackish-purple or white fruit of the eggplant

2

: a dark grayish or blackish purple

Examples of eggplant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The palette is warm and serene—lots of creams, teals, eggplants, and great windows looking out on the surrounding cityscape. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

Then customers are taken to the dinner area for a three-course dinner, which includes choices of lobster bisque, crab cakes, escargot, beef Wellington, steak, eggplant, cheesecake and cherries jubilee. —Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026

Over the years, Ashlie and Tyler's garden has grown to include eggplants, melons, turnips, potatoes, apples, peaches, plums, elderberries, and blueberries. —Elizabeth Jardina, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026

Typically Mediterranean produce like eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, peaches, cherries and figs will also cycle in and out of the kitchen. —Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 1 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing eggplant

• Japanese eggplant

Rhymes for eggplant

• decant
• descant
• enchant
• explant
• implant
• preplant
• recant
• replant
• supplant
• transplant
• ant
• aunt

Kids Definition

eggplant

noun

egg·​plant -ˌplant 

1

: a widely cultivated herb that is related to the potato and yields edible fruit

2

: the usually glossy blackish purple egg-shaped fruit of an eggplant