melongena
(mɛlənˈdʒiːnə)
Also 8 melinzane, 9 melangeno.
[a. mod.L. melongēna, It. melanzana: for the history of the word see brinjal.]
The mad-apple or egg-plant, Solanum Melongena.
| 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia M. (1825) I. 341 The garden furnished..a species of fruit called melinzane. 1785 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. (1794) 202 Melongena or Mad-Apple, is also of this genus. 1819 Banquet 91 From Iceland lichens, and St. Kitt's tomato; From Cuba melangeno and potato. |