What is "solanum melongena"

eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n.

1. (Bot.) A plant ( Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a vegetable.

   Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena.

2. The fruit of the eggplant[1].

Mad-apple \Mad"-ap`ple\, Mad apple \Mad" ap`ple\, n.

1. (Bot.) The eggplant bush ( Solanum melongena). See Eggplant.

   Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, Solanum melongena.

2. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.

   Syn: eggplant, aubergine.