Definition of "melongena" []

• The egg-plant, Solanum Melongena. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "How I got hooked to baingan/eggplant/brinjal/aubergine and all the brothers, sisters and relatives belonging to the family of Solanum melongena?"
• "The last popular edible Solanaceae is Solanum melongena, aka Egg Plant, Brinjal, and Aubergine."
• "Pests - root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are common but seldom of economic importance except when cassava is intercropped with good hosts for the nematode, eg egg plant (Solanum melongena) or Hibiscus sabdariffa."