Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wood ear

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
wood ear
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)

Usage

Inflected Forms

wood ears (plural)

Phrases

wooden ear

Frequently Paired Words

wooden ear black fungus black mushroom tree jellyfish tree jellyfish fungus tree jellyfish mushroom wood jellyfish wood jellyfish fungus

Synonyms

tree ear fungus tree-ear fungus tree ear mushroom tree-ear mushroom tree ear tree-ear

Questions

What does wood ear mean?
An edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood.
Where does wood ear come from?
Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)

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