单词 | judas's ear |
释义 | > as lemmasJudas's ear Judas's ear n. (also Judas ear, Judas' ear) = Jew's ear n. 1. [After post-classical Latin auricula Judae (1576 or earlier); compare French †oreille de Iudas (1552 in Middle French). For the semantic motivation, see Jew's ear n.] ΚΠ 1677 M. Mackaile Macis Macerata 45 The Fungus Sambuci..most exactly representeth the Ear of a Man; wherefore it is ordinarly called Auricula Iudae, or Iudas his Ear.] 1692 J. Edwards Farther Enq. Old & New Test. 152 The more Vulgar Tradition is, that this [sc. the hanging of Judas Iscariot] was done on an Eldern-tree whence the Excrescencies about the Root of it bear the Name of Jews or Judas's Ears. 1837 B. H. Barton & T. Castle Brit. Flora Medica I. lxvi. 273 A singular fungus is sometimes found growing on the trunk of the common Elder, called Judas' ear, (Exidia Auricula Judæ,) from its resemblance to the human ear. 1910 Mycologia 2 13 The fungus is the well-known Jew's ear or Judas' ear, which was described under that name at least as far back as the end of the sixteenth century. 1962 Times 24 Sept. 13/5 The excrescences on the bark [of an elder tree] are still known in some country districts as Judas's ears. 2005 Permaculture Mag. Winter 19/2 The fungus, which loves to grow on this type of wood, and which does look very much like an ear, became known as Judas's ear fungus. < as lemmas |
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