Jew's ear
Jew's ear noun: a kind of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae), growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes.
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Noun
Jew's ear (plural Jew's ears)
- A kind of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae), growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes.
- Hither also may be referr'd those multitudes and varieties of Mushroms, such as that, call'd Jews-ears, all sorts of gray and green Mosses, &c.1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XIX
- Over the hearth hang bunches of drying mushrooms, the thin, curling kind they call jew's-ears, which have grown on the elder trees since Judas hanged himself on one; this is the kind of lore he tells me, tempting my half-belief.1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Erl-King’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage, published 2006, page 99
Jew's ear meaning in Vietnamese
Jew's ear in Vietnamese
- fungus Auricularia auricula-judae
- mộc nhĩ đen, nấm mèo
Forms of Jew's ear
| plural | Jew's ears |
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Origin of Jew's ear
A mistranslation of mediaeval Latin auricula Judae (“Judas's ear”), from its shape, and its occurrence on the tree on which Judas Iscariot was supposed to have hanged himself.
Questions about Jew's ear
- What does Jew's ear mean?
- Jew's ear means a kind of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae), growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes.
- What is Jew's ear in Vietnamese?
- Jew's ear in Vietnamese is mộc nhĩ đen, nấm mèo. See Jew's ear meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is Jew's ear?
- Jew's ear is a noun.
- What is the plural of Jew's ear?
- The plural of Jew's ear is Jew's ears.
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