Elephant ear
Besides its literal meaning (the ear of an elephant), elephant ear can mean:
Botanical
- Elephants ear is a plant similar in shape to the ear on the head of an elephant (a plant with leaves shaped like an elephant's ear with large, thick leaves).
- Several related genera in the family Araceae (Arums):
- Alocasia, occurring in Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Eastern Australia and widely cultivated in Oceania and South America.
- Caladium, ornamental plants with arrowhead-shaped leaves originally from South America but widely cultivated
- Colocasia (taro), native to tropical Polynesia and southeastern Asia.
- Xanthosoma, a native to tropical America with several species being grown for their starchy corms, an important food staple
- The immature (first year) form of the temperate Old World biennial plant, burdock, a thistle in the genus Arctium
- A name for the central Asian plant genus Bergenia, especially Bergenia crassifolia, in the family Saxifragacea which is widely cultivated as a shade loving flowering garden plant in temperate zones.
- Several related genera in the family Araceae (Arums):
Other
- A device occasionally found on diesel locomotives such as the EMD SD40T-2, EMD SD45T-2 or EMD GP15-1 to prevent hot exhaust gases from entering the radiator air intakes while operating in a tunnel
- A pastry palmier, usually eaten with cinnamon or fruit toppings and is often served at world fairs in and carnivals
- Another name for fried dough
- A colonial ascidian Gynandrocarpa placenta
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