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elephant ears

elephant ears is the plural of elephant ear.

Meaning of elephant ear

Noun

elephant ear (plural elephant ears)

  1. A funnel cake.
  2. A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
  3. A palmier.
  4. A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
  5. Caladium.
  6. Burdock (Arctium spp.).

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Noun

elephant ears pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Questions about elephant ears

What does elephant ears mean?
Elephant ears means taro (Colocasia esculenta).
What is elephant ears the plural of?
Elephant ears is the plural of elephant ear.
What part of speech is elephant ears?
Elephant ears is a noun.

Words near elephant ears in the dictionary

  1. elephant doors
  2. elephant dose
  3. elephant doses
  4. elephant ear
  5. elephant ear tree
  6. elephant ears
  7. elephant fish
  8. elephant fishes
  9. elephant foot yam
  10. elephant foot yams
  11. elephant garlic

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