Part of a class of plants known as belladonnas, it is known by a variety of other names, including Angel's Trumpet, thorn apple, Jamestown weed, Mad Apple and stinkweed.
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Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy, finally listed eggplant as edible in 1753, but even then he gave it the Latin name Solanum insanum, in the manner of mala insana, or " mad apples ."
परिभाषा
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow पर्याय: eggplant, aubergine,