Meaning

11 senses
  1. A funnel cake.

  2. A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.

  3. A palmier.

  4. Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.

    A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.

  5. Caladium.

  6. Burdock (Arctium spp.).

  7. Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,

  8. Gynandrocarpa placenta

  9. (slang)A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.

  10. (slang)A reinforcing disk on a missile.

  11. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.

More definitions
  • any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries

Examples

10 sentences
  1. African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.

    ruУ африканских слонов уши больше, чем у азиатских. — marafon

    deAfrikanische Elefanten haben größere Ohren als asiatische. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Elephants have big ears.

    У слонів великі вуха. — deniko

  3. An elephant's ears are really big.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Elephants have large ears and long nose.

  5. A blue elephant's ears are as big as the ones of a pink elephant.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · rafmagon · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From its general resemblance in form.

From its general resemblance in form.

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Forms

plural: elephant ears

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries:alocasiaelephant's ear

See also

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