the purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable
紫茄子。亦称 <Bold>EGGPLANT</Bold>.
[mass noun]a dark purple colour like the skin of this fruit
茄皮紫色。
the large plant of the nightshade family which bears this fruit
茄。
"late 18th cent.: from French, from Catalan alberginia, from Arabic