au·ber·gine
noun/ˈəʊbəʒiːn/
/ˈəʊbərʒiːn/
(British English) (North American English eggplant)
[countable, uncountable]- a vegetable with shiny dark purple skin that is soft and white inside
enlarge image茄子 Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Catalan alberginia, from Arabic al-bād̲injān (based on Persian bādingān, from Sanskrit vātiṃgaṇa).