eggfruit


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egg·fruit

 (ĕg′fro͞ot′)
n.
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eggfruit

(ˈɛɡˌfruːt)
n
(Plants) the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena
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Noun1.eggfruit - ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
canistel, canistel tree, Pouteria campechiana nervosa - tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit
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Integrated pest control of the eggfruit and shoot borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee on the garden egg Solanum aethiopicum L.
Vegetables like cucumber, eggfruit and capsicum, which were not grown in this region before, are now a common sight in the marketplaces of the mountainous region.
The Lucuma fruit, part of the Sapotaceae family and similar to the canistel or eggfruit, is a prized and sacred food of the Incas.