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Definition of garden egg noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

garden egg

noun

/ˈɡɑːdn eɡ/

/ˈɡɑːrdn eɡ/

[countable, uncountable] (West African English)

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a type of aubergine with purple, white or yellow-green skin
Word OriginEarly 19th century; earliest use found in William Titford (1784–1823), accountant and botanist.

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