wood ear

English

a wood ear
Auricularia mesenterica

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)

Noun

wood ear (usually uncountable, plural wood ears)

An edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, having a shape resembling an ear and which grow on wood.

Translations

black fungus

Catalan: orella de Judes f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雲耳, 云耳 (wan⁴ ji⁵)

Mandarin: 木耳 (zh) (mùěr)
Dutch: judasoor n
Finnish: juudaksenkorva
French: oreille de Judas f
German: Judasohr (de) n

Hungarian: júdásfüle
Japanese: 木耳 (キクラゲ, kikurage)
Korean: 목이버섯 (mogibeoseot)
Portuguese: orelha-de-judas f
Russian: иу́дино у́хо n (iúdino úxo)
Spanish: oreja de Judas (es) f
Vietnamese: mộc nhĩ (vi), mộc nhĩ đen, nấm mèo

Further reading

wood ear at OneLook Dictionary Search
Auricularia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Auricularia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Auricularia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

Earwood

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