Eggplant Meaning
/ˈɛɡ.plænt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
nounA dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
Sentence Examples
I've prepared eggplant and egg for my breakfast.
Is there a white eggplant?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer harvested a large purple ____ from the garden this morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I've prepared ____ and egg for my breakfast.
Word Origin & History
From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”"
— 2020 May 19, Lisa Drayer, “How to eat less meat and more plants”, in CNN:
"Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant."
— 1993, Quentin Tarantino, True Romance, spoken by Clifford Worley (Dennis Hopper):
""Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said."
— 2004, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, Back to Life:
"What else can he do? But Hopper continues his riff. "Sicilians still carry that nigger gene . . . Your ancestors are niggers. You're part eggplant.""
— 2006, Jerome Charyn, Raised by wolves: the turbulent art and times of Quentin Tarantino:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer harvested a large purple ____ from the garden this morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I've prepared ____ and egg for my breakfast.