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elephant ear
elephant earn.1. See palmier.2. Any of several plants grown as ornamentals for their large heart-shaped leaves, especially several genera in the family Araceae, including Alocasia, Caladium, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma.
[Sense 1, from its shape. Sense 2, from the appearance of the broad leaves.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  elephant ear - any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berriesalocasia, elephant's eararoid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathegenus Alocasia - tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadixAlocasia macrorrhiza, giant taro - large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental |
elephant ear
elephant ear1. Any of several varieties of plants that have large, heart-shaped leaves. A: "Look at those enormous leaves!" B: "Oh wow! I guess that's an elephant ear."2. A puff pastry that is shaped like a palm leaf. Also known as a "palmier." I know I should be eating better, but I couldn't resist getting an elephant ear at the bakery for breakfast.See also: ear, elephantelephant ear
elephant ear[′el·ə·fənt ‚ir] (aerospace engineering) Thick metal plating that reinforces a missile's skin. elephant ear i. A type of air intake with twin inlets, one on each side of the fuselage.
ii. A slang term for a thick plate on a missile's skin that reinforces a hatch or a hole.
iii. A slang term for an overhanging elevator.elephant ear
Synonyms for elephant earnoun any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berriesSynonymsRelated Words- aroid
- arum
- genus Alocasia
- Alocasia macrorrhiza
- giant taro
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