mad apple

Questions about mad apple

What does mad apple mean?

mad apple means "hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mad apple?

Close synonyms include eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mad apple a common word?

mad apple is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.