aubergine

noun3

1. •
   (UK, Ireland) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
2. •
   (UK, Ireland) 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. — 2013
3. •
   A dark purple colour; eggplant.