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mad apple

mad apple noun: eggplant.

Noun

mad apple (plural mad apples)

  1. (archaic) Eggplant.
  2. Thorn apple.
  3. Dead Sea apple.

mad apple meaning in Tamil and Urdu

mad apple in Tamil

கருந்தக்காளி

mad apple in Urdu

بینگن

Forms of mad apple

pluralmad apples
alternative formmad-apple

Origin of mad apple

Calque of Renaissance Latin malum insanum, itself calqued from Italian melanzana, reanalyzed as if mela insana, perhaps under the influence of beliefs that it could cause various diseases. See further etymology at melongene.

Questions about mad apple

What does mad apple mean?
Mad apple means eggplant.
What is mad apple in Tamil?
Mad apple in Tamil is கருந்தக்காளி. See Mad apple meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mad apple?
Mad apple is a noun.
What is the plural of mad apple?
The plural of mad apple is mad apples.

Words near mad apple in the dictionary

  1. Maczka
  2. Maczkas
  3. macédoine
  4. macédoines
  5. mad
  6. mad apple
  7. mad apples
  8. mad as a bear with a sore head
  9. mad as a box of frogs
  10. mad as a brush
  11. mad as a cut snake

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