"wild eggplant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wild eggplants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wild eggplant (plural wild eggplants)
  1. Solanum torvum, the turkey berry bush, or its edible fruit. Categories (lifeform): Solanums
    Sense id: en-wild_eggplant-en-noun-RsNnKesj Disambiguation of Solanums: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 42
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, eggplant. (Wild/undomesticated Solanum melongena.) Synonyms: gully bean, turkey berry, susumber, pea eggplant
    Sense id: en-wild_eggplant-en-noun-f30Dpbv3

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