melongene

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Definition of melongene

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Caribbean)An aubergine; an eggplant.
    “After all, most Trinidadians only have a limited knowledge to cook melongene: we either stew it, fry it, roast it, or curry it, and serve it with rice or roti.”
    “Melongene grows best in soil which is rich in organic matter.”

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Etymology

From French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of malidzano.

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