Eggplant vs Ratatouille - What's the difference?
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(North America) The plant Solanum melongena .
(North America) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena : an aubergine.
(North America) A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
(US, slang, derogatory, offensive) A black person (used mainly by Italian-Americans).
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A traditional French stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.
As nouns the difference between eggplant and ratatouille
is that eggplant is (north america) the plant solanum melongena while ratatouille is a traditional french stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.eggplant
English
Alternative forms
* egg-plantNoun
- "Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant -this and nigger-that at me," she said.
- What else can he do? But Hopper continues his riff. "Sicilians still carry that nigger gene . . . Your ancestors are niggers. You're part eggplant ."
