mel·on·gene (m l  n-j n )n. See eggplant. [French mélongène, from Old French melanjan, melonge, from Medieval Latin melong na, from Old Italian melanzana, melongiane, from Medieval Greek melintzana, melanzana, alteration (influenced by Greek mel s, dark) of Arabic b injn, from Persian bdingn.] |
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