| 单词 | elephant ear |
| 释义 | elephant ear (once / 135855 pages) n WORD FAMILY elephant ear: elephant ears USAGE EXAMPLESI aced the tests—“Eagle eyes and elephant ears,” the nurse said—but Lori struggled trying to read the eye chart. Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle(2005) This restaurant may offer the thinnest and largest elephant ear in Milan, which is really saying something in a town that serves them big. Wall Street Journal(Oct 07, 2015) There is a hedge of elephant ears — taro — that is harvested for its leaf stalks. Washington Post(Sep 29, 2015) n any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries Syn|Hypo|Hyper alocasia, elephant's ear Alocasia 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 aroid, arum any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe |
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