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

For example, my friend Zoe Kanan of Elbow Bread partnered with her neighbor Sunny Lee of Sunn’s on a vegetable-forward banchan bialy with smoky eggplant and zucchini. —Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

Each deli also offers housemade meat lasagna, Roman-style meatballs and eggplant towers. —Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025

Blossom-end rot can also affect peppers, eggplants, squash, and watermelons. —Nora Doonan, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025

Among his belongings, CBP said its agents found 55 pounds of beef, 44 pounds of rice, 15 pounds of eggplant, cucumbers, bell peppers, two pounds of corn seeds, and a pound of herbs. —Alana Wise, NPR, 28 June 2025

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
• secant
• supplant
• transplant
• ant

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