English dictionary: words starting with aub

noun

The purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical old world plant, which is eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

A puree of aubergine

noun

A dwarf evergreen eurasian trailing plant with dense masses of foliage and purple, pink, or white flowers, widely cultivated in rock gardens.

Usage examples:

The most commonly planted rockery flowers are aubretia and alyssum.

noun

A dwarf evergreen eurasian trailing plant with dense masses of foliage and purple, pink, or white flowers, widely cultivated in rock gardens.

Usage examples:

The most commonly planted rockery flowers are aubretia and alyssum.

adjective

(of hair) of a reddish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

Her long auburn hair was the same colour as tanya's, but tanya keeps hers up in a ponytail.

noun

A reddish-brown colour.

Usage examples:

He had black-brown hair coming to just slightly above his ears, half-dyed a tint of auburn.