wood ear

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a wood ear
Auricularia mesenterica

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)

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wood ear (usually uncountable, plural wood ears)

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

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