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Eggplant (United States, Australia, New Zealand, anglophone Canada), aubergine (United Kingdom, Ireland, Quebec, and most of mainland Western Europe) or brinjal (South Asia, South Africa) is a plant species in the nightshade family that produces a usually purple, spongy, absorbent fruit with a long body. The edible fruit of Solanum melongena is normally used as a vegetable in cooking, but it is botanically a berry. Although it doesn't have much nutritional content, its capabilities of absorbing oils and flavors into its flesh makes it very popular in cooking.

Internet culture seems to make the long, plump fruit sensual for some reason.

Emoji version (🍆) tagged as eggplant_emoji