elephant's ear

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsalocasiaelephant ear

   Broaderarum

   Narrowergiant taro

   Part ofgenus Alocasia
2. 2.

   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

   SynonymsconacasteEnterolobium cyclocarpa

   Broadertree

   Part ofEnterolobium

Questions about elephant's ear

What does elephant's ear mean?

elephant's ear means "any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for elephant's ear?

Close synonyms include alocasia, elephant ear, conacaste, Enterolobium cyclocarpa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elephant's ear a common word?

elephant's ear is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.