Eggplant vs. Aubergine vs. Brinjal — Why so many names?

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I shot this video at the Grow Lab, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: https://growlab.utk.edu/

I was aided in researching this video by this journal article, "History and Iconography of Eggplant," by Marie-Christine Daunay and Jules Janick, Chronica Horticulturae, 2007 : https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/chronicaeggplant.pdf

The Oxford English dictionary was, of course, crucial: https://www.oed.com/

Rousseau's "Lettres élémentaires sur la botanique" on Google Books: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lettres_%C3%A9l%C3%A9mentaires_sur_la_botanique/wu4_AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

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