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/ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/ · noun
(British, Ireland) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant..
The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make. […] You barbecue a few aubergines until the skin is completely black and burned, then cool and peel.
Use aubergine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Aubergine means (British, Ireland) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant..
Common synonyms include the list at eggplant, brinjal, mad apple, garden egg.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make. […] You barbecue a few aubergines until the skin is completely black and burned, then cool and peel.
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