elephant ear
nounEtymology From its general resemblance in form.
11 senses
- 1A funnel cake.
- 2A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
- 3A palmier.
- 4A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
- 5Caladium.
- 6Burdock (Arctium spp.).
- 7Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
- 8Gynandrocarpa placenta
- 9A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
- 10A reinforcing disk on a missile.
- 11Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
1
A funnel cake.
2
A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
3
A palmier.
› Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae…
4
A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
5
Caladium.
6
Burdock (Arctium spp.).
7
Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
8
Gynandrocarpa placenta
9
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Slang A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
- It did not have the “elephant ears” on the ailerons like the earlier Waco Model 9.1990, Alaskan Aviation History: 1929-1930, page 714:
10
Aerospace, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Slang A reinforcing disk on a missile.
11
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
- Derived terms
- elephant-ear fern, elephant-ear sponge, elephant ear tree