Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elephant's_ear
2 senses of elephant's ear
Sense 1
alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear -- (any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries)
=> arum, aroid -- (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)
Sense 2
conacaste, elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa -- (tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber)
=> tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)