单词 | elephant's ear |
释义 | elephant's ear (once / 274868 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY elephant's ear USAGE EXAMPLESNenad came to water his peppers - "the elephant's ear variety" he tells me proudly, showing the size and shape with his hand. BBC(Jul 30, 2011) But, like an elephant's ear or the entire city of London when viewed on Google Earth, this is a very grey area. The Guardian(Aug 13, 2010) The fifth was a very tall man, and he chanced to take hold of the elephant's ear. Baldwin, James, Fifty Famous Stories Retold(2010) 1 n any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper alocasia, elephant 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 n tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber Syn|Hyper Enterolobium cyclocarpa, conacaste tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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