wood ear

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wood ear

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Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)

noun wood ears

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

    Similar: tree ear fungus, tree-ear fungus, tree ear mushroom, tree-ear mushroom, tree ear, tree-ear

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noun black fungus

Españoloreja de Judas
한국어목이버섯 mogibeoseot
日本語木耳 kikurage
中文木耳 mù'ěr
Portuguêsorelha-de-judas
Françaisoreille de Judas
DeutschJudasohr
Русскийиу́дино у́хо iúdino úxo, аурикуля́рия aurikuljárija
Tiếng Việtmộc nhĩ, mộc nhĩ đen, nấm mèo

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@misc{wood_ear_2026,
  title = {wood ear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wood%20ear},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}