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German
Etymology
Ei (“egg”) + -er- + Pflanze (“plant”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Eierpflanze f (genitive Eierpflanze, plural Eierpflanzen)
- (uncommon) eggplant
1865, Albert Courtin, Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung: Eine monatliche Zeitschrift für Gartenbau u. Blumenzucht, page 85:Die verschiedenen Varietäten der Eierpflanze, Solanum Melongena, werden bei uns nicht so häufig angepflanzt wie in anderen Ländern, wo die Früchte (oder besser gesagt Samenschoten) davon gekocht, zu Saucen verwendet oder mit scharfem Essig eingemacht als sogen. Pickles verspeist werden.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Eierpflanze
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