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Courgette vs Aubergine - What's the difference?

courgette | aubergine |

As nouns the difference between courgette and aubergine

is that courgette is a particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash while aubergine is an Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit.

courgette

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, Ireland, NZ, uncountable) A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo , a small marrow/squash.
  • (countable) The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.

    • Synonyms

    * zucchini

    See also

    * cucumber * gherkin * marrow * pickle * squash * zucchini ----

    aubergine

    English

    (wikipedia aubergine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) an Asian plant, Solanum melongena , cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit
  • (British) the fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
  • a dark purple colour; eggplant.

    • Synonyms

    * see the list in the entry eggplant