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

Do not choose a spot where potatoes, peppers, or eggplants were grown. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025

Take the un-topped eggplant slices and place on top of the other 4 slices, creating a tower. —Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025

Tomato, pepper, tomatillo, eggplant and potato are all susceptible to the same set of soil diseases. —Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025

In the market, there are tomatoes, greens, eggplants, okra, sweet potatoes — much of it locally grown. —Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 26 Aug. 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