Meanings
nounwood ear (usually uncountable, plural wood ears)
plural wood ears
- uncountableusuallyAn edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood.
Synonyms: tree ear fungus, tree-ear fungus, tree ear mushroom, tree-ear mushroom, tree ear, tree-ear
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood.
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Origin
- Chinese木耳
- Englishwood ear
Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)
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Afrikaans judasoor
- judasoorblack fungus
Catalan orella de Judes
- orella de Judesblack fungus
Chinese Cantonese 木耳
- 木耳 (muk⁶ ji⁵)black fungus
Chinese Mandarin 木耳
- 木耳 (mù'ěr)black fungus
Dutch judasoor
- judasoorblack fungus
Finnish juudaksenkorva
- juudaksenkorvablack fungus
French oreille de Judas
- oreille de Judasblack fungus
German Judasohr
- Judasohrblack fungus
Hungarian júdásfüle
- júdásfüleblack fungus
Japanese 木耳
- 木耳 (kikurage)black fungus
Korean 목이버섯
- 목이버섯 (mogibeoseot)black fungus
Polish uszak bzowy
- uszak bzowyblack fungus
Portuguese orelha-de-judas
- orelha-de-judasblack fungus
Russian иу́дино у́хо, аурикуля́рия
- иу́дино у́хо (iúdino úxo)black fungus
- аурикуля́рия (aurikuljárija)black fungus
Spanish oreja de Judas
- oreja de Judasblack fungus
Vietnamese mộc nhĩ, mộc nhĩ đen
- mộc nhĩblack fungus
- mộc nhĩ đenblack fungus
- nấm mèoblack fungus
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wood ear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20ear
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“wood ear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20ear. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wood ear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20ear.
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