eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
mabo nasu; fried eggplant with minced meat and chili sauce
grilled eggplant; fried eggplant
autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn
dusky purple; dark purple; eggplant color
var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw; pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant
best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)
Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)
small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)
Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants)
globe eggplant; American eggplant
don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) eggplants don't grow on gourd vines
slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit; faded, dull-colored eggplant
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
Solanum (nightshade genus of plants)
always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; (lit.) not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
thorn apple (Datura stramonium); jimsonweed; datura
Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder