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Jew's-ear
[Erroneous rendering of med.L. auricula Judæ Judas's ear; so called from its shape, and from its being frequently found on the elder, on which tree Judas Iscariot was reputed to have hanged himself.]
1. An edible cup-shaped fungus (Hirneola or Exidia Auricula-Judæ) growing on the roots and trunks of trees, chiefly the elder, and formerly in repute as a medicine; also locally applied to species of Peziza (Britten & Holl. 1879).
1544T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) T j b, Take the musherom yt groweth upon an elder tree, called in englyshe Iewes eares. 1597Gerarde Herbal iii. lxxi. 1233 There groweth oftentimes vpon [elders] a certaine excrescence called Auricula Indæ or Iewes eare. 1634Heywood & Brome Witches Lanc. iii. Wks. 1874 IV. 209 All the Sallets are turn'd to Iewes-eares. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 101 Jews eares..an excrescence about the roots of Elder, and concerneth not the Nation of the Jews, but Judas Iscariot, upon a conceit, he hanged on this tree. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 705/2 Let the Throat be anointed with Oil of Jews-Ears; which is made by boiling the Jews-Ears..in Oyl-Olive till they are crisp, and pressing out the Oyl, and repeating the boiling in like manner with fresh Jews-Ears, to the third time. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lx. (1737) 245 Sallats, a Hundred Varieties, of Creeses,..Sives, Rampions, Jew's Ears. 1882Garden 2 Sept. 207/2 There are several tree-growing edibles besides the two just mentioned. Of such is the Jew's ear.
2. Locally applied to the Tomato (Britten & Holl.). |