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elephant's-ear
elephant's-ear n 1. (Plants) any aroid plant of the genus Colocasia, of tropical Asia and Polynesia, having very large heart-shaped leaves: grown for ornament and for their edible tubers. See also taro 2. (Plants) any of various cultivated begonias with large showy leaves elephant's-ear
elephant's-ear: see arumarum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants found in moist to wet habitats of the tropics and subtropics; some are native to temperate zones. ..... Click the link for more information. .ThesaurusSeearum |