mad apple
mad apple · mad apples
баклажан
баклажан, бадриджан
Aubergine, Melanzani, Eierfrucht
Thorn appleThorn apple.
Meaning
3 sensesThorn apple.
Dead Sea apple.
(archaic)Eggplant.
More definitions
- egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
- hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
Origin
Calque of Renaissance Latin malum insanum, itself calqued from Italian melanzana, reanalyzCalque of Renaissance Latin malum insanum, itself calqued from Italian melanzana, reanalyzed as if mela insana, perhaps under the influence of beliefs that it could cause various diseases. See further etymology at melongene.
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Forms
plural: mad applesSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow:eggplantaubergine
- hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable:eggplantauberginebrinjaleggplant bushgarden eggSolanum melongena