ELEPHANT EAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elephant ear mean? 

• ELEPHANT EAR (noun)
  The noun ELEPHANT EAR has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries

  Familiarity information: ELEPHANT EAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELEPHANT EAR (noun)

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Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alocasia; elephant's ear; elephant ear

Hypernyms ("elephant ear" is a kind of...):

aroid; arum (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)

Holonyms ("elephant ear" is a member of...):

genus Alocasia (tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix)