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Courgette vs. Eggplant — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Courgette and Eggplant

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Definitions

Courgette

A zucchini.

Eggplant

Eggplant (US, Australia, New Zealand, anglophone Canada), aubergine (UK, Ireland, Quebec, and most of mainland Western Europe) or brinjal (South Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa) is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Solanum melongena is grown worldwide for its edible fruit.

Courgette

A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.

Eggplant

The purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable; an aubergine.

Courgette

The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.
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Eggplant

The large plant of the nightshade family which bears aubergines.

Courgette

A marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small; - called also zucchini.

Eggplant

A plant (Solanum melongena) native to India, cultivated for its edible, glossy, usually ovoid fruits that are chiefly purple but can be white, yellow, or green.

Courgette

A small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green; - called also zucchini.

Eggplant

A fruit of this plant. Also called aubergine.
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Courgette

Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small

Eggplant

A blackish purple.

Courgette

Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green

Eggplant

The plant Solanum melongena.

Eggplant

The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.

Eggplant

(North America) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.

Eggplant

A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).

Eggplant

A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall

Eggplant

A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a vegetable.

Eggplant

The fruit of the eggplant{1}.

Eggplant

Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

Eggplant

Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

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