eggfruit
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egg·fruit
(ĕg′fro͞ot′)n.
See canistel.
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eggfruit
(ˈɛɡˌfruːt)n
(Plants) the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena
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Noun | 1. | 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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