melongene
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
Definition of melongene
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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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