wood ear

See also: wood-ear and woodear

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Etymology

Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)

Noun

wood ear (usually uncountable, plural wood ears)

  1. An edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood.

Alternative forms

  • woodear
  • wood-ear
  • wood ear fungus
  • wood-ear fungus
  • woodear fungus
  • wood-ear mushroom
  • woodear mushroom
  • wood ear mushroom

Synonyms

  • tree ear fungus, tree-ear fungus
  • tree ear mushroom, tree-ear mushroom
  • tree ear, tree-ear

Coordinate terms

  • black fungus
  • black mushroom
  • tree jellyfish
  • tree jellyfish fungus
  • tree jellyfish mushroom
  • wood jellyfish
  • wood jellyfish fungus
  • wood jellyfish mushroom

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