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Eggplants Explained

  • May 2, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The first eggplants brought to Europe in the 1600s were white, which is why we call them eggplants, even though now they’re usually purple. Botanists think the eggplant, which is technically a fruit (like its cousin the tomato), originally came from India or southeast Asia.

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