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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Types of vegetable
alfalfa
allium
Anaheim
artichoke
arugula
crisphead
crookneck
cruciferous
cucumber
cuke
napa cabbage
neep
new potatoes
nopalito
nori
shallot
shiitake mushroom
shishito
shiso
shitake mushroom

Examples from literature

Catsup should always be served with eggplant. 
Cook over slow fire or in moderate oven till the eggplant is tender. 
Cut eggplants in halves and scoop out inside, leaving shell half inch thick. 
Do not add salt, as it causes eggplants to turn dark. 
Slice eggplant into thin slices, then slice onions, garlic, tomatoes and pepper quite thin. 

eggplant | American Dictionary

eggplant
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈeɡ·plænt, ˈeɪɡ-/
an oval vegetable with a shiny, dark purple skin

Examples of eggplant

eggplant
Each pair was caged on a potted eggplant, as described above.
In one olfactometer, six infested vs. six uninfested soybean leaves and in the other olfactometer, four infested eggplant vs. four uninfested eggplant leaves were tested.
However, the production of marketable eggplant is compromised due to numerous pest species that feed on eggplant.
These predatory mite responses to both infested soybean and infested eggplant do not differ significantly from the responses shown in fig. 1.
Successful commercialization of insect-resistant eggplant by a public- private partnership: reaching and benefiting resource-poor farmers.
Also, the relative response of the predatory mites towards infested eggplant and soybean leaves was not significantly different.
More soybean than eggplant leaves were tested because the soybean leaf area was smaller (table 1).
168 application to the eggplant data, and should be used instead of more traditional methods when the genotyping error rate may be larger than 0.005.
Both farmers and consumers will benefit from increased nutrition intake due to wider consumption of eggplant, an important vegetable for resource-poor communities.
For soybean, 83% of the predatory mites moved towards the spider mite-infested leaves and for eggplant only 64% of the predatory mites went to the spider mite infested leaves.
Unlike many cereal crops for example, eggplant has a relatively open canopy that would allow sustained flight inside the crop thus trap location to maximize catch was uncertain.
The mean lifetime fecundities on tomato, cucumber, eggplant and collard were 35.4, 37.3, 41.4 and 46.4 eggs, whereas the mean lifetime fertility was 20.2, 22.7, 28.3 and 33.6 offspring, respectively.
Insects were maintained on eggplant cv.
Vegetable crop yield responses to such amendments have been evaluated for many crops, including tomato, bell pepper, broccoli, sweet corn, cucumber, eggplant, okra, snap bean, squash and watermelon9.
Other crops include eggplant, peppers, winged bean, lettuce and snake gourd.
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