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noun
Solanum torvum, a bushy, spiny perennial plant: a wild eggplant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The edible, though sometimes poisonous, fruit (berry / bean) of this plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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History
Perhaps related to Ewe súsruba and/or sū́sùmɛ, sū́sumɛ (an aromatic soup-plant, sometimes identified as Solanum torvum or another Solanum) or Twi Akan nsúsŭaa (a kind of pot-herb; related to ǹsú (“water”)?) + mma, mbá (“offspring, young (plants, etc)”).
