aubergine

noun

1. (British, Ireland, countable, uncountable)An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
2. (British, Ireland, countable, uncountable)The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.

   “The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make. […] You barbecue a few aubergines until the skin is completely black and burned, then cool and peel.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A dark purple colour; eggplant.