1. Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
   "The chef prepared a classic mad apple parmesan";
   - eggplant [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], aubergine [UK]
    
2. Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
   "Brinjal is another name for mad apple or aubergine";
   - eggplant [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], aubergine [UK], brinjal [S.Africa, Asia], eggplant bush [N. Amer, Austral, NZ], garden egg [N. Amer], Solanum melongena

Derived forms: mad apples

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, solanaceous vegetable

Part of: genus Solanum, Solanum