English Explanatory Dictionary

Jew's ear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae), growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes.

Word forms

Jew's ear Jew's ears

Etymology

A mistranslation of mediaeval Latin auricula Judae (“Judas's ear”), from its shape, and its occurrence on the tree on which Judas Iscariot was supposed to have hanged himself.

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