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Jew's ears

Jew's ears is the plural of Jew's ear.

Meaning of Jew's ear

Noun

Jew's ear (plural Jew's ears)

  1. 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

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What is Jew's ears the plural of?
Jew's ears is the plural of Jew's ear.

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