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Ethiopian nightshade

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of the species Solanum aethiopicum, of tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia, used for food and ornament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bitter tomato, Ethiopian eggplant, garden egg, mock tomato, pumpkin-on-a-stick, scarlet eggplant

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: እምቧይ (ʾəmbway) — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Arabic: بَاذِنْجَان أَفْرِيقِيّ (bāḏinjān ʔafrīqiyy) — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Arabic: حَدَق أَثْيُوبِيّ (ḥadaq ʔaṯyūbiyy) — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Bambara: nkɔyɔ — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Finnish: etiopianmunakoiso — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Fula: yaaloore — Solanum aethiopicum
  • German: äthiopische Eierfrucht — Solanum aethiopicum
  • German: afrikanische Eierfrucht — Solanum aethiopicum
  • German: afrikanische Aubergine — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Krio: jakato — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Polish: bakłażan etiopski — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Portuguese: jiloeiro — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Russian: паслён эфио́пский (pasljón efiópskij) — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Spanish: berenjena etíope — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Spanish: berenjena africana — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Swedish: afrikansk vildaubergine — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Yoruba: igba — Solanum aethiopicum
  • Yoruba: ijẹgun — Solanum aethiopicum